Category: Mind & Body
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Adventures with the ‘Plastic Man’
The paper titled “Adventures with the ‘Plastic Man’: Sex Toys, Compulsory Heterosexuality, and the Politics of Women’s Sexual Pleasure” by Breanne Fahs and Eric Swank explores women’s subjective experiences and feelings regarding the use of sex toys, particularly vibrators and dildos. It draws on qualitative interviews with 20 women of diverse ages and backgrounds, and…
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The Psychology Behind Fantasizing About Someone Else During Sex
b) Cognitive-emotional Model – Arousal-regulation c) Attachment & Personality DifferencesAvoidantly attached individuals favour fantasies of strangers to preserve emotional distance; people high in “openness to experience” accept and generate more varied fantasies. ConclusionFantasising that your partner is “someone else” is a common, normal psychological phenomenon. As long as it does not replace real intimacy, it…
