Therapist claims that 7/10 men fantasize about raping a woman - thoughts?

Therapist claims that 7/10 men fantasize about raping a woman - thoughts?

She's even writing a paper about this, based on the data and frequence of male patients confessing to have had those fantasies.

I can see many men having at least the thought crossing their mind, but I'm not sure that as many as 7 out of 10 would confess about fantasizing about forcing themselves on a woman - in my opinion, much less would confess to it.

On the other hand, when I went online looking for data, I found wildly different results, with the only consistent one being a study claiming that 45.8% of the interviewed men confessed to rape fantasies. At the same time, when I asked her how many women actually confessed to said fantasies - not as victims, but as perpetrators - she said that only two of her patients shared something of the like, and one of them had said fantasies not on a man, but another woman - which is somewhat consistent with the data I found online, where polls gave that roughly 10% of the women that voted claimed they fantasized about forcing themselves on someone else.

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  • The only people she sees are people who need therapy. No wonder she says 7 out of 10 guys have rape fantasies.

  • Nope , not for me. I'd never want to do anything to another person, that they do not want done to them.

  • Therapist...

    How many men go to therapy and for what.

    Because i gind it hard to believe meen of normal mental health dont have these fantasies.

    So its more like 7/10 of her PATIENTS have these thoughts

  • I had fantasiez to rape women, Now its rare.

  • That’s a load of crap. Maybe 1 out of 25

  • Well she is a therapist so chances are she’s talking to people who are mostly not quite normal or going through some emotional struggles so I don’t think this can be compared to the average man necessarily.

  • It wouldn't matter if it were 100%; fantasies are not reality and it will never be appropriate to prosecute someone for what they think.

    Actions are the only thing that count with regard to criminality.

  • my thoughts? THAT is fucking scary.

  • these are the kind of people who also think that staring at someone is equal to rape and push laws against it.

  • Probably based on her patients so could be dealing with convicted criminals for all we know

    If I had to guess as an asexual
    In 100 average men, maybe 20 have fantasies and 1-2 actually show signs of committal

  • I think rape scenarios are fantasized about by both sexes in pretty equal numbers. It's a normal part of human sexuality. The important thing is keeping fantasy separate from reality.

    • I agree wholeheartedly.

  • As a man with rape fantasies and have actually carried it out, one thing for sure a therapist isn’t someone I’ll be seeing not anytime soon.

    My opinion on this? It deserves 0 airtime and is a waste of resources to even bother reading. 7/10 of her patients? Bet she doesn’t have more than 20 patients from a town of 5000.

    • Interesting. Could you give some more insights as a rapist?

    • What do you want to know?

    • I'd like to know why did you do it, what was the relationship with your victim before and after, if you regret it or got any sort of consequence. I'm not judging, I'd just really like to have a perspective.

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  • My fantasy is four women; not forced women. So I am not a party to it.

  • Well, I think there is a difference between rape fantasies and actual rape. My boyfriend likes to role play that he’s forcing me and I resist a little bit to sell it. Heck, I even get into it sometimes. I don’t think he would ever actually want to hurt me or anyone else though.

    • I assume you guys have a safe word right? Lol

    • @Still-alive No. It’s never gotten to a point where I thought we needed one. He doesn’t hurt me. It’s creating a fantasy.

  • Every man is a potential rapist. It is scary.

    • Every human is a potential murderer.

    • What's even scarier is that every woman is a potential rapist, too- and that many of them, even if caught, would face no punishment.

    • I'm sorry,, I cannot agree with you. I have been placed in a very compromising position with a woman, after eating her, and rather than try to force the issue, I just left right away.

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