caa a22 4500 606232095 CHVBK 20210128101224.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0456-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0456-2 Gender Differences in Object of Desire Self-Consciousness Sexual Fantasies [Elektronische Daten] [Anthony Bogaert, Beth Visser, Julie Pozzebon] In a recent review article, Bogaert and Brotto (2014) discussed "object of desire self-consciousness,” a perception that one is romantically and sexually desirable in another's eyes. They argued that this perception is more relevant to women's sociosexual functioning than it is to men's. In the present study, we attempted to find direct evidence that object of desire themes are linked more to women's sexual desire and arousal than they are to men's by examining the differences in content between men's and women's sexual fantasies. A total of 198 men and women reported on arousing themes in sexual fantasies using three methodologies: endorsement of items on a sexual fantasy questionnaire, sentence completion of sexually-charged scenarios, and open-ended sexual fantasies. The men and women also rated their attractiveness and were rated for attractiveness by two female experimenters. On all three fantasy composites, women endorsed more object of desire themes than did men, and these effects occurred independent of the subjective and observer-rated attractiveness measures. The results were discussed in relation to theorizing that object of desire self-consciousness can function as part of many women's self-schemata or scripts related to romance and sexuality. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Object of desire self-consciousness nationallicence Sexual fantasies nationallicence Attractiveness nationallicence Gender differences nationallicence Bogaert Anthony Departments of Health Sciences and Psychology, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., L2S 3A1, St. Catharines, ON, Canada aut Visser Beth Psychology Department, Trent University, Oshawa, ON, Canada aut Pozzebon Julie Toronto, ON, Canada aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/8(2015-11-01), 2299-2310 0004-0002 44:8<2299 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0456-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0456-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bogaert Anthony Departments of Health Sciences and Psychology, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., L2S 3A1, St. Catharines, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Visser Beth Psychology Department, Trent University, Oshawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pozzebon Julie Toronto, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/8(2015-11-01), 2299-2310 0004-0002 44:8<2299 2015 44 10508