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. 2024 Aug;53(8):3009-3024.
doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02909-2. Epub 2024 Jun 10.

Explanations for Gender Differences in Preferences for Submissive Sexual Fantasies

Terri D Conley  1 , Aviva Satz-Kojis  2
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Explanations for Gender Differences in Preferences for Submissive Sexual Fantasies

Terri D Conley et al. Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Women have a stronger preference for sexual submission than men do. In the current studies, we investigated gender differences in fantasies about sexual submission. Replicating previous research, in two studies we found that women expressed a stronger affinity for fantasies about sexual submission than men did. However, controlling for age and several sociocultural factors made the relationship between gender and preference for sexual submission non-significant-that is, we could statistically eliminate the gender difference. These analyses suggest the multiple factors that may influence sexual preferences and the multiple ways that gender differences in preference for submissive sexual fantasies can be eliminated by easily assessed demographic and contextual differences in the experiences of women and men.

Keywords: Fantasy; Gender differences; Kink; Sex differences; Submission.

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