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June 4, 2002
Tyson's chicken?
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Mike Tyson
Someone get the Zoloft -- quickly.
In case you missed it, Mike Tyson recently hugged a gay activist who was screaming, "No homophobia! No homophobia!" To which Tyson responded, "I don't believe in homophobia ... I don't believe in homophobia."

Good for you, Mike. In the spirit of that remark, here's a quick primer of the fears that the sharp-toothed slugger does and doesn't believe in.





DON'T LOOK AT ME
Phobias Tyson doesn't have
THIS IS SO ME
Can we talk about my Oedipus complex too?
Cholerophobia
Fear of anger
Monophobia
Fear of being alone
Caligynephobia
Fear of beautiful women
Rhabdophobia
Fear of being severly criticized
Liticaphobia
Fear of lawsuits
Kakorrhaphiphobia
Fear of defeat
Dishabillophobia
Fear of undressing in front of someone
Medomalacuphobia
Fear of losing an erection
Erotophobia
Fear of sexual love
Lygophobia
Fear of being in gloomy places
Doxophobia
Fear of expressing opinions
Basophobia
Fear of being unable to stand
Odontophobia
Fear of using teeth
Epistaxiophobia
Fear of nosebleeds
Ithyphallophobia
Fear of thinking about having an erection
Deipnophobia
Fear of dinner conversation
Poinephobia
Fear of punishment
Athazagoraphobia
Fear of being forgotten
Pteronophobia
Fear of being tickled by feathers (trust us)
Phronemophobia
Fear of thinking



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