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Female Sexual Fantasies

Research on the commonality and types of sexual fantasies among women, including sensual, power/submission, and forbidden themes.

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Jan 30, 2026
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How do women’s sexual fantasies differ from their reported sexual behaviors in representative surveys?

Representative research shows that women’s sexual fantasies are often broader, more likely to include themes of being desired, passive or submissive, and greater fluidity across partner gender than me...

Jan 31, 2026
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How do demographics (age, relationship status, culture) shape the gap between women’s sexual fantasies and enacted sexual behaviors?

Demographics—especially age, relationship status (including ), and culture—help explain report fantasies that they do not enact: these factors shape desire, opportunity, social acceptability, and the ...

Feb 6, 2026

How do female sexual fantasies vary by age, culture, and relationship status?

Research across decades shows are neither monolithic nor fixed: some content types remain stable from late teens through middle age while other features shift with life stage, culture and whether a wo...

Jan 20, 2026

What cultural or cohort differences exist in women’s sexual fantasies across non‑Western populations?

Research that includes non‑Western samples shows both commonalities and systematic differences in women's sexual fantasies: core themes (romance, partner focus) recur across many contexts, while cultu...

Jan 20, 2026

How do cultural attitudes and media exposure shape the sexual fantasies women report at different ages?

Cultural attitudes and media exposure shape which sexual fantasies women report by influencing what is considered acceptable to desire, how fantasies are remembered and shared, and which themes are ma...