Women's erotic rape fantasies: An evaluation of theory and research

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-70

  Critelli, Joseph W ^a   Bivona, Jenny M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EROTISM; FANTASY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE EVENT; MASOCHISM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CULTURE; EROTICA; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RAPE;

EID: 46049088000     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490701808191     Document Type: Review

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