Fear of commitment of self-help, Harvard psychologist Deborah DePaulo has written books such as "Singleism" on the stigmatization of single people. The use of the term "fear" or "phobia" imparts an inherent linguistic bias. It recasts specific lifestyle decisions (such as bachelorhood vs. marriage, or a conscious decision to remain childfree by choice) implicitly as generalised, irrational phobias while failing to identify, describe or address an individual's specific motives. For instance, the men's rights movement, citing high divorce rates and expensive alimony and legal costs, would speak not in terms of "fear of commitment" but of "marriage strike" to reflect their position that
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear The Fifth Horseman Is Fear The Fifth Horseman Is Fear () is a 1965 Czechoslovak New Wave film about the Holocaust that was directed by Zbyněk Brynych. Instead of depicting gas chambers and concentration camps, the film examines the subtler but equally debilitating mental effects of oppression. Restricted by government censorship, Brynych's uses national socialism as a metaphor to speak out against Soviet socialism, highlighting the evils of both oppressive regimes. When it was released in America in 1968, the film was highly praised by critics. "Time" magazine said it was a "superlatively photographed film," and Roger Ebert wrote, "A