 It is also important because erotophobia has been shown to create relationship and marital difficulties in multiple studies, dating back to Kinsey.The word erotophobia has been used by anti-oppression activists to describe sex negative attitudes as a form of discrimination and oppression (akin to homophobia).In "Disability, Sex Radicalism, and Political Agency", Abby Wilkinson argues that "constraints on sexual agency should be recognized as a hallmark of oppression."