PSYC 350 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Rape Fantasy, Foreskin, Real Sex
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A route by which internal mental processes promote sexual arousal. 14 25 years old: no significant difference between women and men. 26 55 years old: total amount of sexual thought decreased, but men still do it more. Touching, and being touched, oral-genital, naked caressing, watching partner undress, seducing partner, kinky positions/location, walking hand in hand. Men have more adventurous fantasies while women have fantasies about things they"ve already done. Men: visualization of explicit sexual behaviours, dominant role in. Women: more romance, affection, committed relationship-esque, sex acts. passive role. Straight people also fantasize about having same-sex fantasies! Over half of the women in the study have had rape fantasies. About half is exciting and non-consensual changes to consent. The other half is both aversive and erotic. Aversive fantasies: reflecting fears about the possibility of rape and an attempt of dealing with these fears by exerting control over the rape situation.
