Sexual Fantasies Essay

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What is a sexual fantasy? It is defined as daydreaming that includes erotic behavior that heightens sexual stimuli. Sexual fantasies can be as imaginative as you want them to be; they may include previous sexual encounters or ideas of certain types of sexual act you would like to take part in. They are designed to intensify your sexual arousal or to get you ready for a sexual encounter. According to Kinsey work in 1948, it was reported that both men and women fantasize frequently about sexual fantasize and have deemed this a natural and normal behavior. (The Journal of Psychology124 (4) pg 427) Sex difference have been documented (McCauley & Swann, 1978; Mednick, 1977; Wilson & Lang, 1981) that draw conclusion that the relative contributions of gender, sex role, or more specific individual differences. More women fantasize themselves as recipients of sexual active more than men do. McCauley and Swann (1978) stated that women’s fantasies are more out of imagination and usually consist of sexual experience they never experienced. Fantasies for men are more from memory and based on past or present sexual encounters. (The Journal of Psychology124 (4) pg 427) More specifically women fantasizes have been shown to contain themes of passivity, narcissism and sadomasochism. (Wilson & Lang, 1981; Porto & Couture, 1977; Wilson & Lang, 1981). Men fantasizes are characterized as more active, aggressive and impersonal. Men have fantasizes to have sex with numerous persons, which is not preferred by most women in their fantasies. Despite differences there are more similarities than differences between fantasies of men and women, in the study done Crepault and Couture (1980) compared fantasy themed preference of men and women found that five of the seven main themes were both fantasized by both. They are being with another partner, previous sexual encounter, a scene from an

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