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A sexual fantasy is a fantasy of a sexual nature. A person may or
may not wish to enact their sexual fantasies in real life; some may
find their fantasies completely unacceptable — or even physically
impossible — were they to be transposed into real life.
Sexual
fantasies may involve any human sexual practice or paraphilia.
Common sexual fantasies include:
adultery
sexual bondage
group sex
sexual domination and/or submission
masochism and/or sadism
rape fantasy
homosexual or lesbian fantasies
incest
pedophilia or ephebophilia
being cuckolded
various other paraphiliac activities
Sexual fantasies that were once common, but have become archaic
include:
the
pastoral fantasy
the sexual temptation or torture of Christian martyrs, many of whom
resort to self-mutilation to preserve their virginity or chastity
Gender differentiation
Study suggests that distinct tendencies differentiate male and
female sexual fantasies. These traits are hardly universal; just
because a person happens to be male does not indicate he will have
only "male" fantasies that night, let alone for the whole of his
life. In general, however, male sexual fantasies tend to be shorter
and imagistic, where female sexual fantasies tend to be longer and
have more narrative, as well as a greater focus on the relationships
between the characters in the fantasy. The essence of a "male"
fantasy might be captured in a photographic moment or a seconds-long
clip of film; a "female" fantasy might require pages of text to
fully capture the key elements. Note that, contrary to popular
expectation, there is little to no difference between the genders in
the transgressive content of their fantasies; a female is just as
likely to fantasize about group sex with an entire fraternity as a
male is to fantasize about group sex with an entire sorority.
Many
theories have been proposed to explain these relative gender
differences, on both sides of the nature versus nurture debate.
Theories that focus on nurture point to attitudes prevalent in
Western societies, where men's sexual needs are assumed to be wholly
physical, while women's are treated as both emotional and physical.
Theories that focus on nature suggest that both males' and females'
sexual fantasies, and their sexual behavior, are shaped by their
respective hormones to reflect their roles in procreation: for men,
the sex act may be over in a very short time, while for a woman, if
the sex act leads to pregnancy, it is a months-long endeavor. As is
often the case with competing nature vs. nurture theories, the
likelihood is that both play a role.
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