Joyal Cossette & Lapierre Study
1. Joyal, Cossette, & Lapierre (2015) study, What Exactly Is an Unusual Sexual Fantasy?, had three goals.
i. To survey a relatively large sample of participants recruited among the general population by using a comprehensive, validated, and objective questionnaire. This questionnaires goal was to statistically define rare, unusual, common, and typical sexual fantasies among men and women. ii. To questionnaire was used to estimate and compare the nature and intensity of interest for each Sexual Fantasy using a broad and unbiased method to determine a statistical point of sexual fantasies in a large sample of adults. This included a complementary qualitative analysis that were based on an open response from participants. It is strictly statistical with its intention to …show more content…
determine the nature and prevalence of sexual fantasy themes by asking the participants, both men and women, to freely describe their favorite sexual fantasy. Of 55 fantasy themes in the questionnaire, only 2 were rare and 9 were unusual.
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Put emphasis on noncriminal paraphilic themes of submission and domination in a sample of participants recruited outside of colleges through providing both a quantitative and qualitative analyses that certain fantasies often considered to be unusual are common.
2. There are significant differences between men and women for specific sexual fantasies.
A. Based on statistical analyses in this study the 3 most common sexual fantasies for woman are to (Joyal, Cossette, & Lapierre, 2015, p. 7 table 2):
(1) Feel romantic emotions during a sexual relationship (92.2%)
(2) Fantasize about having sex in an unusual location (86.4%)
(3) Fantasize about having sex with someone that you know is not your spouse (84.9%)
There were higher scores from women than from men in feeling romantic and pleasurable emotions during sexual fantasies in which atmosphere and location are important involving a romantic location.
B. Based on statistical analyses in this study the 3 most common sexual fantasies for men are to (Joyal, Cossette, & Lapierre, 2015, p. 7 table 2):
(1) Feel romantic emotions during a sexual relationship (88.3%)
(2) Fantasize about taking part in fellatio/cunnilingus
(87.6%)
(3) Having sex with two women (84.5%).
Receiving oral sex and having sex with someone other than the respondent’s current partner was rated higher for men than for women
3. The two sexual fantasies that were found to be “statistically rare fantasies” were:
(1) having sex with a child under the age of 12 (0.8% women; 1.8 men)
(2) having sex with an animal (3% women; 2.2% men)
These rare fantasies were overall endorsed by 2.3% or less of the participants. The results were not significantly different between men and women.
4. Themes extracted from qualitative analyses of favorite Sexual Fantasies that were reported by women and men differ (Joyal, Cossette, & Lapierre, 2015, p. 10, table 3)
A. Men happened to report more themes than woman (28 for men, 19 for women).
The 3 top themes that were extracted from qualitative analyses for men were:
(1) Voyeurism: 15.0% in a strict and extended sense (alone, spying an unaware stranger, watching spouse have sex with another woman or man)
(2) Fetishism: 14.0% (includes specific clothing, non-sexual objects, feet
(3) Troilism: 12.6% (with 2 females or 1 female and 1 male, a spouse (ménage à trois), or strangers and acquaintances
B. The 3 top themes that were extracted from qualitative analyses for women were:
(1) Location: 27.2% (an exotic or unusual private or a public place)
(2) Spouse or current lover is exclusively involved: 20.1%
(3) Focus on own submissive behavior: 18.8%
Approximately half of women with descriptions of submissive fantasies specified that they would not want the fantasy to materialize in real life, confirms the important distinction between sexual fantasies and sexual wishes, which is usually stronger among women than among men.
i. To survey a relatively large sample of participants recruited among the general population by using a comprehensive, validated, and objective questionnaire. This questionnaires goal was to statistically define rare, unusual, common, and typical sexual fantasies among men and women. ii. To questionnaire was used to estimate and compare the nature and intensity of interest for each Sexual Fantasy using a broad and unbiased method to determine a statistical point of sexual fantasies in a large sample of adults. This included a complementary qualitative analysis that were based on an open response from participants. It is strictly statistical with its intention to …show more content…
determine the nature and prevalence of sexual fantasy themes by asking the participants, both men and women, to freely describe their favorite sexual fantasy. Of 55 fantasy themes in the questionnaire, only 2 were rare and 9 were unusual.
iii.
Put emphasis on noncriminal paraphilic themes of submission and domination in a sample of participants recruited outside of colleges through providing both a quantitative and qualitative analyses that certain fantasies often considered to be unusual are common.
2. There are significant differences between men and women for specific sexual fantasies.
A. Based on statistical analyses in this study the 3 most common sexual fantasies for woman are to (Joyal, Cossette, & Lapierre, 2015, p. 7 table 2):
(1) Feel romantic emotions during a sexual relationship (92.2%)
(2) Fantasize about having sex in an unusual location (86.4%)
(3) Fantasize about having sex with someone that you know is not your spouse (84.9%)
There were higher scores from women than from men in feeling romantic and pleasurable emotions during sexual fantasies in which atmosphere and location are important involving a romantic location.
B. Based on statistical analyses in this study the 3 most common sexual fantasies for men are to (Joyal, Cossette, & Lapierre, 2015, p. 7 table 2):
(1) Feel romantic emotions during a sexual relationship (88.3%)
(2) Fantasize about taking part in fellatio/cunnilingus
(87.6%)
(3) Having sex with two women (84.5%).
Receiving oral sex and having sex with someone other than the respondent’s current partner was rated higher for men than for women
3. The two sexual fantasies that were found to be “statistically rare fantasies” were:
(1) having sex with a child under the age of 12 (0.8% women; 1.8 men)
(2) having sex with an animal (3% women; 2.2% men)
These rare fantasies were overall endorsed by 2.3% or less of the participants. The results were not significantly different between men and women.
4. Themes extracted from qualitative analyses of favorite Sexual Fantasies that were reported by women and men differ (Joyal, Cossette, & Lapierre, 2015, p. 10, table 3)
A. Men happened to report more themes than woman (28 for men, 19 for women).
The 3 top themes that were extracted from qualitative analyses for men were:
(1) Voyeurism: 15.0% in a strict and extended sense (alone, spying an unaware stranger, watching spouse have sex with another woman or man)
(2) Fetishism: 14.0% (includes specific clothing, non-sexual objects, feet
(3) Troilism: 12.6% (with 2 females or 1 female and 1 male, a spouse (ménage à trois), or strangers and acquaintances
B. The 3 top themes that were extracted from qualitative analyses for women were:
(1) Location: 27.2% (an exotic or unusual private or a public place)
(2) Spouse or current lover is exclusively involved: 20.1%
(3) Focus on own submissive behavior: 18.8%
Approximately half of women with descriptions of submissive fantasies specified that they would not want the fantasy to materialize in real life, confirms the important distinction between sexual fantasies and sexual wishes, which is usually stronger among women than among men.