1. Gynophilia refers to sexual attraction to women, whether it be held by men or women. It is also increasingly used when referring to the sexual orientation of transgender and intersex people, since using homo- or heterosexual is not without problems there. (Compare Homosexuality and transgender) In species which reproduce sexually, sexual attraction is attraction to other members of the same species for reproduction. ... This article concerns how a man differs from women. ... Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ... Sexual orientation, sexual preference or sexual inclination describes the focus of a persons amorous or erotic desires, fantasies, and feelings. ... Transgender is generally used as a catch-all umbrella term for a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups centered around the full or partial reversal of gender roles; however, compare other definitions below. ... An intersexual is a person (or individual of any unisexual species) who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sexual characteristics of indeterminate sex, or which combine features of both sexes. ... Homosexuality, transgender and transsexualism are often confused, but are really two separate phenomena. ...

2. Also, sometimes in the field of sex offender rehabilitation studies, the term gynophilia is used to mean "attraction to adult women", in opposition to pedophilia, with the aim of theraphy often seen as the substitution of gynophilic desires for pedophilic ones. Pedophilia (American English) or paedophilia / pædophilia (British English), from the Greek παιδοφιλια (paidophilia) < παις (pais) boy, child and φιλια (philia) friendship, (ICD-10 F65. ...

3. The word gynophilia is also sometimes used to distinguish female homosexuality from male homosexuality. Female is a sex that denotes an animal which produces egg cells in order to reproduce. ...

See also: Androphilia In the context of male homosexuality, androphilia is the mutual attraction of adult men. ...