@article{ref1,
title="Women's Rape Fantasies: An Empirical Evaluation of the Major Explanations",
journal="Archives of sexual behavior",
year="2012",
author="Bivona, Jenny M. and Critelli, Joseph W. and Clark, Michael J.",
volume="41",
number="5",
pages="1107-1119",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-0002",
doi="10.1007/s10508-012-9934-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-012-9934-6"
}