Why do 50% of women fantasies about getting raped?


Why do 50% of women fantasies about getting raped ?


From 1973 through 2008, nine surveys of women's rape fantasies have been published. They show that about four in 10 women admit having them (31 to 57 percent) with a median frequency of about once a month. Actual prevalence of rape fantasies is probably higher because women may not feel comfortable admitting them.

For the latest report (Bivona, J. and J. Critelli. "The Nature of Women's Rape Fantasies: An Analysis of Prevalence, Frequency, and Contents," Journal of Sex Research (2009) 46:33), psychologists at North Texas University asked 355 college women: How often have you fantasized being overpowered/forced/raped by a man/woman to have oral/vaginal/anal sex against your will?

Sixty-two percent said they'd had at least one such fantasy. But responses varied depending on the terminology used. When asked about being "overpowered by a man," 52 percent said they'd had that fantasy, the situation most typically depicted in women's romance fiction. But when the term was "rape," only 32 percent said they'd had the fantasy.

These findings are in the same ballpark as previous reports.

Frequency of rape fantasies varied substantially. Thirty-eight percent of respondents never had them. Of those who did, 25 percent reported such fantasies less than once a year. Thirteen percent had them a few times a year, 11 percent once a month, 8 percent once a week, and 5 percent several times a week. (Twenty-one percent of the respondents said they'd been sexually assaulted in real life.)

Rape fantasies can be either erotic or aversive. In erotic fantasies, the woman thinks: "I'm being forced and I hate it." Forty-five-percent of the women in the recent survey had fantasies that were entirely erotic. Nine percent were entirely aversive. And 46 percent were mixed.

Source:https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201001/womens-rape-fantasies-how-common-what-do-they-mean
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Rape or near-rape fantasies are central to romance novels, one of the perennial best-selling categories in fiction. These books are often called "bodice-rippers" and have titles like Love's Sweet Savage Fury, which imply at least some degree of force. In them, a handsome cad becomes so overwhelmed by his attraction to the heroine that he loses all control and must have her, even if she refuses--which she does initially, but then eventually melts into submission, desire, and ultimately fulfillmen
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  • Rape is wrong. Jail them.

  • They fantasise about dominance. Not rape.

  • What about guys who fantasize about being raped by a woman?

    • I do! (I just posted my fantasy about it). It's just like what every woman has been saying over and over and over again, the thought of being taken and used (sexually) is really hot. No pain. Plus, the idea that i would get an erection, not to mention an orgasm would seem so humiliating and erotic. Especially if she told me not to cum. I also think it would be hot to be forced to do things that are very naughty, kinky or taboo. Oh, and to have her get my address and telephone number so she can do it again and again would also be hot. Having to submit to her wants and sexual needs would be hot. The way I see it, it's a really hot role-playing scenario between 2 (or more) willing participants. nothingtosee at yahoo dot com

  • Well... even some guys have fantasies about getting raped, ravished or dominated by some hot, dangerous girl. ;)

  • rough sex not rape...

    and "rape" in her head can stop the min she wants it to and the guy in her head will stop the min she tells him to, its not really rape... rough sex

    and i hate that this BS is spreading around and helping rapists justify to themselves why they should just stop being a man and do that to women

  • Women were historically never allowed to WANT sex. They were, and to and extent still are, shamed and punished for their sexual nature. For much of the past they were raised to believe that good girls don't want sex, that they are bad for wanting it, that they are sluts or whores unless they suppress desires that are natural and inborn. We still see girls who behave as asexual as good girls, and those who are free about their sexuality as bad or dirty or worthless. So female sexuality developed in such a way that a pretend forced sex fantasy is not unusual, a fantasy where a woman can be ravished by an attractive guy - and still be a good person. If she didn't want it, than she isn't bad. At least that's an explanation some psychologists believe. Of course, no one wants to be raped for real. Real rape and fantasizing about being ravished are two very different things.

  • Rape is a very very touchy subject particularly among women. In the open it is absolutely hated and condemned. In the closet many women do indeed have rape fantasy and it is a taboo to talk about this fantasy. Rape fantasies are stupid anyway. Doesn't need to be talked about.