genophobe

English

Etymology

From geno- +‎ -phobe.

Noun

genophobe (plural genophobes)

1. A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse
   • 1986, David Grambs, Dimboxes, Epopts, and Other Quidams: Words to Describe Life’s Indescribable People, Workman Publishing Company, unmarked page:

     Genophobes have been informed about the birds and the bees, but they don’t like (or aren’t cocksure about) what they’ve heard and tend to go catatonic when beyond the platonic.

   • 1996 July 16, Gary Goodman, "Re: Riefenstahl film on PBS", alt.censorship, Usenet:

     Like what happens when the genophobes try to censor video rental stores. THEN people get outraged. And say fuck off.

   • 2011 January 26, Nudiarist, “Re: Dan Ziegler finally professing what Peter Riden has long been preaching/stating”, rec.nude, Usenet:

     I do think that genophobes like "Anna", and misanthropes like "Zee" are in the minority, zealots who decry any form of sexual expression that is not behind a locked door with the lights out and the covers pulled all the way up.

Related terms

• genophobia

See also

• celibacist
• prude
• puritan
• erotophobe
• antisexualist