Links between Aggressive Sexual Fantasies and Presumably Non-Consensual Aggressive Sexual Behavior when Controlling for BDSM Identity

Abstract: Recent research provides evidence that aggressive sexual fantasies predict aggressive sexual behavior in the general population. However, sexual fantasies including fantasies about the infliction of pain and humiliation, should be frequent and often consensually acted upon among individuals with sadomasochistic likings. The question arises whether sexual fantasies with aggressive content still predict presumably non-consensual aggressive sexual behavior in individuals with sadomasochistic likings, given that BDSM encounters are generally considered consensual. To investigate this question, we conducted a questionnaire survey of sexual fantasies, assessing the frequency of seventy sexual fantasies involving non-aggressive, masochistic, and aggressive acts. Our sample (N = 182) contained 99 respondents who self-identified as sadist, masochist, or switcher; 44 reported no such identification. For respondents reporting BDSM identification, we replicated a factor structure for sexual fa.... https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/3777

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Links between Aggressive Sexual Fantasies and Presumably Non-Consensual Aggressive Sexual Behavior when Controlling for BDSM Identity ; volume:14 ; number:1 ; day:08 ; month:09 ; year:2020 ; International journal of conflict and violence ; 14, Heft 1 (08.09.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Bondü, Rebecca ; Joseph Birke

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/ijcv-3777
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020092319522455109602
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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