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- noun A person, of any gender, who loves women, or who is sexually attracted to women.
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gyne- + -phile, from gynephilia
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alarmingfemale commented on the word gynephile
If a misogynist hates women, and a gynephobe is afraid of women, is gynephile the word to describe those who neither hate or fear women, but who love or dote on women?
February 28, 2007
reesetee commented on the word gynephile
There's also the word philogynist--basically a reverse of this word. :-)
February 28, 2007