Most men love attractive women but in case of some individuals, the very thought of seeing a beautiful woman, let alone speak to her, can cause a full blown panic attack. The scientific word for such a fear or phobia is Venustraphobia or Caligynephobia. Venustraphobia combines two Greek words: Venus which is the Greek Goddess representative of women and phobos which means deep aversion or fear.

Likewise, Caligynephobia is comprised of Greek words: calos meaning good or beautiful, gyne meaning woman and phobos which is fear.

Caligynephobia takes the fear of beautiful women beyond the normal levels of fear as the individual has full-blown panic attacks and may embarrass himself at the mere thought of meeting or talking to good-looking women.

Many doctors believe that phobias can also arise when one has had a direct negative experience with an object or a situation. In this case, a man who has been rejected by a gorgeous woman or has been ridiculed, teased, insulted/shamed publicly, or laughed at, has greater chances of developing Venustraphobia.

The phobic then starts associating every beautiful woman with that negative experience. They feel that every good-looking woman would be dangerous or threatening, even though that is not the case. Naturally, not every man that has been jilted by a beautiful woman would develop such a phobia. Only a few develop this type of conditioning by association.

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