I just perused various websites about the psychology of fantasy and statistical differences between male and female fantasies. After doing some fascinating reading on several (respectable) websites, I have concluded that I am not a woman.
Apparently, if I were a "normal" woman, I would fantasize about my husband making sweet love to me on a beach, or in some other "romantic" location, and a main feature of my fantasy would be my hot outfit. (My outfit??? I'm supposed to be fantasizing about CLOTHES during sex? Really... CLOTHES?!)
Also, being a woman, it is apparently abnormal to have vivid fantasies that include parts of the body. (Um, isn't that kind of the point?)
However, the articles DID have some interesting points when it came to desire. Statistics show that Freud was wrong (but didn't we always know this?) and that while men's fantasies tend to illustrate sexual frustration or lack of sex -- for women, sexual fantasies are actually triggered by a high level of sexual pleasure. So there!
But what I can't get over is that so called normal women are fantasizing about elaborate romantic settings that include "islands, forests, flowers, waterfalls, moonlight, and heaven." You have got to be kidding me. That's all very fluffy and nice, but I thought sexual fantasies were supposed to be about sex, not interior decorating. I mean sure, I daydream about flowers when I'm walking past a florist shop, but they are the last thing on my mind when ... Oh forget it. I don't know where I'm going with this anyway. I just needed some scientific proof that I'm not normal. Apparently all I need to do is to incorporate more island waterfalls in my fantasies. Who knew?
6:11 p.m. - 2006-05-08