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Erotophobia is a term coined by several researchers in the late 1970s and early 1980s to describe one pole on the continuum of attitudes and beliefs about sexuality.

Erotophobia is often complex and many sufferers have more than one specific fear. However, it cannot be treated like any other psychological problem. Erotophobia is both special and unique and very personal. Untreated erotophobia can be devastating and may lead sufferers to avoid not only romantic relationships but also other forms of intimate contact which are very common otherwise.

Like any other phobia, erotophobia varies dramatically in both symptoms and severity. It is a very personalized fear, and no two sufferers are likely to experience it the same way. One among the many in the long list of erotophobia is genophobia or coitophobia.

Genophobia is the physical or psychological fear of s****l relations or s****l i*********e in which the person suffering from it may experience the feeling of panic, terror, and dread. Other symptoms are the increased speed of heartbeats, shortness of breathing, trembling or shaking, anxiety, sweating, crying, and avoidance of others. Sometimes the sufferer may feel blackness in the vision at the time of the attack and unconsciousness due to a sudden shot of blood pressure. However, there is no universal cure for genophobia, although many types of research claim that causes for ten out of nine sufferers have something to do with their upbringing. Either they have had abusive parents or had insecure attachments.