2023, The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project, “Identity Integration”, inAce and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity[1], London:Jessica Kingsley Publishers,→ISBN, page221:
Even in situations where one's identity is accepted completely, there can still be lingering doubts derived from internalized acephobia andarophobia or from a wider sense of otherness from general society or even other members of the community.
2023, Vaneet Mehta,Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-Spec Men[2], page189:
This leads to a society that is rife wih m-spec phobia,arophobia and acephobia and erasure that can be internalized, causing people to struggle with their identity, which can greatly impact their mental health.
2023, Samantha Rendle,Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism[3], page105:
Comments like those listed above, especially comments such as 'you're just depressed' or 'you're cold and heartless' are arguably a big contributor to internalizedarophobia.
