A quote from The Robber Bride
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A quote from The Robber Bride
Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it's all a male fantasy: that you're strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have a... See more
“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it's all a male fantasy: that you're strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have
... See morethe fantasies of both sexes tend to involve representations of women as the objects of desire and men as desirers (see Szuchman and Muscarella, pages 238-308). Women, in other words, are “done to,” while men are the “doers.” There are other distinctions. Men’s fantasies are more likely to be voyeuristic, while women’s are more exhibitionistic. And
... See moreMichael J. Bader • Arousal
His choice in a fantasy is a serial progression of all the previous fantasies he's been taught, starting with an airbrushed sex bunny in a provocative pose that provoked him to create an elaborate fantasy to answer the implied question, “what does she want, so I can become it?” The answers were not in the back.