| Title |
Women’s Rape Fantasies: An Empirical Evaluation of the Major Explanations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-012-9934-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jenny M. Bivona, Joseph W. Critelli, Michael J. Clark |
| Abstract |
This study evaluated explanations of rape fantasy in a sample of female undergraduates (N = 355) using a sexual fantasy checklist which included eight types of rape fantasy, participants' detailed descriptions of a rape fantasy they have had, a rape fantasy scenario audio presentation, and measures of personality. Three explanations of rape fantasy were tested: openness to sexual experience, sexual desirability, and sexual blame avoidance. Women who were higher in erotophilia and self-esteem and who had more frequent consensual sexual fantasies and more frequent desirability fantasies, particularly of performing as a stripper, had more frequent rape fantasies. Women who were higher in erotophilia, openness to fantasy, desirability fantasies, and self-esteem reported greater sexual arousal to rape fantasies. Sexual blame avoidance theory was not supported; sexual desirability theory was moderately supported; openness to sexual experience theory received the strongest support. |
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