An electrical connector assembly configured to connect to a mating electrical connector, comprising: a connector body including a connector shroud formed by said connector body, the connector shroud having a body side wall defining a shroud cavity therein for receiving said mating electrical connector; a terminal projecting along a terminal axis to a tip located in said shroud cavity; a terminal stabilizer disposed within said shroud cavity and moveable from a stabilizing position to a stowed position, wherein the stabilizing position is closer to said tip than the stowed position, said terminal stabilizer defining an aperture, wherein the tip of the terminal is received in the aperture, whereby the terminal stabilizer protects the terminal from being bent away from the terminal axis by a force applied to the terminal in a direction orthogonal to the terminal axis; and a resilient spring member mechanically coupled to said terminal stabilizer and configured to exert an axial spring force on said terminal stabilizer, thereby holding the terminal stabilizer in the stabilizing position until an axial insertion force applied to the terminal stabilizer by the mating electrical connector exceeds the spring force, wherein said terminal stabilizer is moved from the stowed position toward the stabilizing position by the resilient spring member when the insertion force applied to the terminal stabilizer by the mating electrical connector is less than the spring force, characterized in that the resilient spring member is an arcuate member integrally formed by the terminal stabilizer, wherein the connector body further comprises a resilient lock member configured to retain the terminal within the connector body and wherein the terminal stabilizer further compromises an integral lock retainer configured to engage the lock member when the terminal stabilizer is in the stowed position thereby inhibiting movement of the lock member and disengaging the lock member when the terminal stabilizer is in the stabilizing position thereby allowing movement of the lock member wherein the terminal stabilizer comprises a planar plate portion that is perpendicular to the terminal axis and the body side wall and defines the aperture and a stabilizer side wall portion depending from the plate portion, wherein the stabilizer side wall is parallel to the body side wall and configured to slidingly engage the body side wall, wherein the lock retainer comprises a ridge protruding from the stabilizer side wall portion. a connector body including a connector shroud formed by said connector body, the connector shroud having a body side wall defining a shroud cavity therein for receiving said mating electrical connector; a terminal projecting along a terminal axis to a tip located in said shroud cavity; a terminal stabilizer disposed within said shroud cavity and moveable from a stabilizing position to a stowed position, wherein the stabilizing position is closer to said tip than the stowed position, said terminal stabilizer defining an aperture, wherein the tip of the terminal is received in the aperture, whereby the terminal stabilizer protects the terminal from being bent away from the terminal axis by a force applied to the terminal in a direction orthogonal to the terminal axis; and