
Bivona, Jenny M. Women’s erotic rape fantasies. Doctor of Philosophy
(Psychology), August 2008, 209 pp., 9 tables, 4 figures, references, 91 titles
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION part 2
Sexual fantasies give women a context for actively exploring their sexuality in a
manner that is relatively free from social consequence. In fantasy, there are limitless
possibilities for what can be imagined, and because it takes place in the privacy of one’s
own mind there is little reason for inhibition (Shulman & Horne, 2006). Further, fantasy
allows for a submersion in one’s sexual interests, and it can demand an active stance
toward one’s sexuality. Because the fantasy is made up or visualized, the fantasizer is
put into a position to be aware of and to actively pursue her sexual interests.
In addition, although psychology has emphasized overt behavior, the study of
fantasy may provide unique contributions to understanding psychological phenomena.
Ellis and Symons (1990), for example, have argued that, since sexual fantasies are
relatively unconstrained by social consequences, they may reveal underlying
psychological processes, predispositions, and motives more clearly than does overt
behavior.

Bivona, Jenny M. Women’s erotic rape fantasies. Doctor of Philosophy
(Psychology), August 2008, 209 pp., 9 tables, 4 figures, references, 91 titles
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INTRODUCTION part 3
Rape Fantasies
Within the realm of sexual fantasies, the area that has almost certainly posed the
greatest conceptual challenge for researchers is that of “rape fantasies.” Women’s rape
fantasies exist as a psychological enigma. As Hazen (1983) articulated, “It does not
seem normal that a person should want to imagine rape. The true mystery is why
anyone does” (p. 23).
Although people often daydream about events that they don’t want to happen,
rape fantasies differ in key respects. For example, one could fantasize an extra-marital
affair. For some, an affair would be exciting and enjoyable, both as fantasy and as an
actual sexual encounter, but they may not want to engage in actual infidelity because of
negative consequences to the marital relationship. In contrast, rape would be avoided
not only because of unpleasant consequences, such as pregnancy or disease, but,
more importantly, because the experience of the rape itself would be abhorrent.
Although people often fantasize about an unwanted event, such as a feared
performance evaluation, such fantasies are not pleasurable. In contrast, rape fantasies
are often exciting and sexually arousing (Kanin, 1982).

Bivona, Jenny M. Women’s erotic rape fantasies. Doctor of Philosophy
(Psychology), August 2008, 209 pp., 9 tables, 4 figures, references, 91 titles
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION part 4
The Study of Rape Fantasy
Currently, women’s rape fantasies are not well understood. Responses of other
professionals suggest that there is some apprehension about the study of women’s rape
fantasies. Greater awareness that some women have erotic rape fantasies could
reinforce the myth that women want to be forced into sex, and this might encourage sexual aggression in men. Some psychoanalytic (Deutsch, 1944; Freud, 1933/1965)
and feminist (Brownmiller, 1975; Russell, 1980) positions have argued that rape
fantasies are masochistic and pathological, allowing the implication that there is
something wrong with the women who have them.
By avoiding an area of study that is difficult to understand and perhaps
uncomfortable for researchers to discuss, such as rape fantasy, knowledge is limited
and ignorance perpetuated. Just as important, an avoidance of this topic sends the false
and disturbing message that women’s sexuality is something to be ashamed of. As
Alfred Kinsey wrote in 1953, “We do not believe that the happiness of individual men,
and the good of the total social organization, is ever furthered by the perpetuation of
ignorance” (p.19).

Bivona, Jenny M. Women’s erotic rape fantasies. Doctor of Philosophy
(Psychology), August 2008, 209 pp., 9 tables, 4 figures, references, 91 titles
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION part 5
From a wider perspective, Western culture’s treatment of female sexuality,
beginning with the story of Adam and Eve, is a history of suppression,
incomprehension, suspicion, and denial. This history includes the male fear of women’s
insatiable sexual appetite, the myth of the vagina dentata, the presumed linkage
between female witchcraft and wanton union with the Devil, and the Victorian counterassumption that women are asexual beings (Allgeier & Allgeier, 2000; Baumeister &
Twenge, 2002). The study of women’s rape fantasies, precisely because they are so
puzzling, may provide valuable clues toward a deeper and more balanced
understanding of female sexuality.

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