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E S Person1, N Terestman, W A Myers
1Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
Abstract:
This study presents male and female responses of 193 university students to questions about sexual experiences and fantasies. There are few significant gender differences in experiences, but many in fantasies. Males fantasized about sex more and exhibited greater interest in partner variation and in the spectrum from domination to sadism. While male sexuality is often described as aggressive/sadistic and female sexuality as passive/masochistic, most men and women in our population do not report fantasies supporting such stereotypes.
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