女人恐懼症 Fear of Beautiful Women

女人恐懼症

Fear of Beautiful Women

You may be walking, looking at the ground when you suddenly look up and see a beautiful woman. What do you do? Well, if you have Caligynephobia you panic. The fear of beautiful women is also known as Venustraphobia and impacts both men and women.

What Causes The Fear of Beautiful Women

In women the primary reason there may be a fear has to do with longstanding feelings of inferiority or low self esteem. They may have been unfavorably compared to pretty girls growing up and may now feel as if they can never compete or compare with someone they view as being pretty. In the minds of a female caligynephobe the fear today may be based on an impairment known as intimidation.

Interestingly the same may be true for men. They may not have been the athlete in school or the one the girls chased after. They may have seen the pretty girls as unapproachable and equated those early feelings with a sense that there would always be a ‘keep away’ sign attached to any female they thought of as beautiful.

Any subsequent failure in relationships (or attempted relationships) with beautiful women can often serve to reemphasize the belief that they must be feared.

Symptoms of Caligynephobia

Mild symptoms may include sweaty palms and a feeling of acute discomfort while in the presence of someone you believe to be beautiful. You will not be able to carry on a normal conversation with this person and will have a strong desire to flee.

In more acute cases the following symptoms may be present.

■Rapid heartbeat■Panic attacks■Fainting■Nausea■Sense of dread

■The belief that if you open your mouth you will say something unbelievably stupid or not be able to say anything at all.

** Words

1.    Caligynephobia 美女恐懼症     2. panic 驚慌     3. be known as 以~身分而聞名

4. impact 影響           5. primary 主要的          6. longstanding 存在已久的   

7. inferiority 自卑感      8. self esteem 自尊         9. unfavorably 不利地

10. compete競爭        11. impairment 損傷       12. intimidation 恐嚇

13. athlete 運動         14. unapproachable 不易親近的       15. equate 等同

16. attach 附加          17. subsequent 隨後的          18. reemphasize 再次強調

19. symptom 症狀       20. mild 輕微的       21. sweaty 出汗的      22. palm 手掌

23. acute 急性的        24. discomfort 不舒服         25. presence 面前

26. carry on 進行        27. desire 慾望        28. flee 逃跑          29. rapid 快速的

30. fainting 昏暈         31. nausea 噁心         32. dread 畏懼

** Grammar

1.    The fear of beautiful women is also known as Venustraphobia and impacts both men and women.

a)    be know for ~ : 以~聞名  be know as ~ : 以~身分所知  be known to + 人 : 為~人所知

b)    對~有影響: have an influence/impact on ~

2.    In women the primary reason there may be a fear has to do with longstanding feelings of inferiority or low self esteem.

a)    has to do with ~ 與~有關係

3.    They may have been unfavorably compared to pretty girls growing up and may now feel as if they can never compete or compare with someone they view as being pretty.

a)    視A為B:  (1) regard A as B   (2) look upon/on A as B   (3) consider A as B

(4) take A as B     (5) think of A as B        (6) think A to be B

 b) 和~比較: compare with/to ~ / in comparison with/to ~

 c) 現在完成被動語態: have/has been + pp

 d) as if 彷彿，好像

   句型: S + V as if + 假設語氣的子句/直說法的子句/ to + V

4.    They may have seen the pretty girls as unapproachable and equated those early feelings with a sense that there would always be a ‘keep away’ sign attached to any female they thought of as beautiful.

a)    視A為B:  see A as B  /  think of A as B

b)    過去分詞(pp)可當形容詞用，有”被動”或”已經”的意思。

5.    Any subsequent failure in relationships (or attempted relationships) with beautiful women can often serve to reemphasize the belief that they must be feared.

a)    In relationship with ~ 和~相關