Fear of men

An abnormal and persistent fear of men.

Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize they may face no real threat.

Fear of men is termed 'androphobia,' a word derived from the Greek 'andros' (man) and 'phobos' (fear).

'Andro-' enters into a number of other biomedical terms such as, for example, androgen (a male sex hormone like testosterone) and an android pelvis (a pelvis shaped like a man's).

Terms pertinent to androphobia include gynephobia, an abnormal and persistent fear of women; and pedophobia, an abnormal and persistent fear of babies and children.