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FANTASY Rape fantasies occur in both the male and female sexual fantasy realms, are relatively common across populations, and their contents range from unwilling seduction to violent, forceful sex. One can imagine one is the Rapist , or that one is being raped. It is estimated that 24% of men and 36% of women have had a rape fantasy, and 10% of women report this is their favorite type of fantasy {Link without Title} . The most commonly held theory about this phenomenon is that many individuals turn to fantasies about being raped as a means of reconciling naturally-occurring sexual desires with the intense negative stigma their culture and/or creed affix to sexual activity. The fantasy serves as a psychological device through which the fantasizer can safely indulge in intense sexual experiences without guilt, by absolving themselves of responsibility for participating in the act. Many socially acceptable examples can be found in " Bodice Ripper " fiction. Rape fantasies can also represent an outlet for Sexually Submissive and/or Dominant individuals. In such fantasies they can imagine themselves as having or lacking sexual control or power without actually participating in an Illegal or Immoral act. Another relatively common theory is that the attraction men and women feel toward raping and being raped is an evolutionary relic of prehistoric man (thousands of years ago, those willing to rape and/or be raped were more likely to have their genes passed on.) According to these Sociobiological Theories Of Rape , rape fantasy substitutes for a hereditary impulse that in civilized society has become socially intolerable. It has been proposed that for some who have actually been '' (1st ed.). New York:St. Martin's Press pp. 112-113 ISBN 0-312-26933-1 Regardless, the presence of rape fantasies in a community or individual cannot be taken to imply that the fantasizers in reality condone rape, desire to rape others, or wish to be raped themselves. FICTION Rape fantasy is also a Sub-genre of Erotic Fiction . Just as some people like to imagine rape, others like to write and read about it. The taste is not restricted to purely Pornographic works; the Bodice Ripper is a perennially popular sub-genre of mass-market Romantic Fiction . A high level of controversy surrounds a scene in Ayn Rand 's novel '' The Fountainhead '' in which the male protagonist rapes the female protagonist upon meeting her, even though the novel was not written with a deviant or shock-based theme. In '' Gone With The Wind '' by author Margaret Mitchell , Scarlett O'Hara is raped by her husband, Rhett Butler , and she later seems pleased rather than resentful of it. In the Lina Wertmuller film '' Swept Away '', a rich insensitive woman is stranded on a deserted island with a lower-class worker who rapes her while reciting communist propaganda. Afterwards, she becomes devoted and submissive to him. These above three instances of rape depicted without condemnation are notable for having been written by women. ROLEPLAY One form of Sexual Roleplay ing is the rape fantasy, also called "ravishment". Ravishment has become the more popular term in BDSM circles, as it makes a distinction between consensual roleplay and nonconsensual assault. Since the illusion of non-consensuality is important to the fantasy, one or more Safeword s are typically employed. This way, a participant can protest without stopping the scene, unless the safeword is used. Often a variation on the "stop-light" system is used, with different colors designating different messages: "red" to stop everything, "yellow" to slow down or take it easy, and so forth. For scenes where there is an element of surprise, the top or "ravisher" may use a "startword" or other identifying signal. In healthy ravishment scenes, all participants carefully negotiate what will transpire beforehand. Limits are respected and made very clear, to maintain safety and consensuality. Such negotiation would also include discussion of emotional issues for both partners, especially if there has been a prior history of actual sexual abuse or assault. SEE ALSO NOTES REFERENCES
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