Talk:Sexual fantasy/Archive 1

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These are "common" in the Western world. What about the rest of it? Is this POV? --zandperl 23:24, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I don't like to criticize contributions...
... but the most recent contribution is, um... let's just say I think the poster misunderstood the purpose of our pursuit here, mistaking Wikipedia as a forum for public opinionating rather than for collating public knowledge.

Some of it I already took out, where several paragraphs are devoted to men's supposedly unique and universal ability to separate sex and love. much more of it probably needs to go out. Antaeus Feldspar 02:28, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * I removed the "Gender Assimulation" section of the article, since on a quick look, I didn't see any part which was not copied without attribution from . Antaeus Feldspar 05:31, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Sexual fantasy in literature
The section may be a good one. However, I believe the content of the section should be limited to works that are diagetically sexual fantasies or deal extensively with such; otherwise, the field is open to any work of erotica whatsoever and we will have POV problems with which works merit recognition as hot sexual fantasies.

I believe, from what I have read about them (not having read them myself), that Portnoy's Complaint and Erica Jong's Fear of Flying might count as notable works where the sexual fantasies of the characters are a major component of the book. Antaeus Feldspar 15:46, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Non human fantasy
Now that I think about it, shouldn't non-human (as in human to non-human animal sex) be included in that list? I know some people that like to fantasize about doing it with a dragon (woah...). Well I think you get the point. --Red Pooka 05:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Those people you know are probably joking. --198.51.130.254 (talk) 18:18, 9 December 2007 (UTC)g.

Original research
I contend that if this text were attributed it would be re-written entirely to reflect the articles cited. Without knowing what study is cited, this reads like popular opinion, or perhaps just a few persons opinions. So there we go.

"Sexual fantasies may involve any human sexual practice or paraphilia. Common sexual fantasies in Western countries include:
 * adultery
 * nyotaimori
 * total enclosure
 * group sex
 * sexual domination and/or submission
 * BDSM and/or Bondage
 * homosexual
 * ephebophilia
 * being cuckolded
 * paraphiliac activities (incest, rape, pedophilia, etc.)

Sexual fantasies that were once common, but have become archaic include:
 * the pastoral fantasy
 * the sexual temptation or torture of Christian martyrs, many of whom resort to self-mutilation to preserve their virginity or chastity

Gender differentiation Study suggests that distinct tendencies differentiate male and female sexual fantasies. These traits are hardly universal; just because a person happens to be male does not indicate he will have only "male" fantasies that night, let alone for the whole of his life. In general, however, male sexual fantasies tend to be shorter and imagistic, where female sexual fantasies tend to be longer and have more narrative, as well as a greater focus on the relationships between the characters in the fantasy. The essence of a "male" fantasy might be captured in a photographic moment or a seconds-long clip of film; a "female" fantasy might require pages of text to fully capture the key elements. Note that, contrary to popular expectation, there is little to no difference between the genders in the transgressive content of their fantasies; a female is just as likely to fantasize about group sex with an entire fraternity as a male is to fantasize about group sex with an entire sorority.

Many theories have been proposed to explain these relative gender differences, on both sides of the nature versus nurture debate. Theories that focus on nurture point to attitudes prevalent in Western societies, where men's sexual needs are assumed to be wholly physical, while women's are treated as both emotional and physical. Theories that focus on nature suggest that both males' and females' sexual fantasies, and their sexual behavior, are shaped by their respective hormones to reflect their roles in procreation: for men, the sex act may be over in a very short time, while for a woman, if the sex act leads to pregnancy, it is a months-long endeavor. As is often the case with competing nature vs. nurture theories, the likelihood is that both play a role." Lotusduck 20:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

New ideas!
Unless somebody actually wants to pour through some thesis on the nature of sexual fantasy, this will be a stub for some time. I have an idea! I could merge all of the stubs of sexual fantasies that can never actually occur here! Things like tentacle rape. Lotusduck 22:02, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Go for it. Fsecret 19:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Sweet. In order to preserve the non-ugliness of this page I will first attempt to merge all the very closely related paraphilias and delete all the unreferenced ones. So for starters stubs with references will be merged here. I guess I'll propose macrophilia. Lotusduck 20:26, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Bad idea. Cramming them all into one article will inhibit work on the subjects being done. Merging stubs into one article doesn't make the information presented any less incomplete, only changes the looks of it. --Lunus 16:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 15:47, 1 May 2016 (UTC)