The present study examined
the effects of reading submission- and dominance-themed erotica on attitudes
toward women and rape, ideal partner preferences, and subjective sexual
arousal.
Heterosexual male (n = 241)
and female (n = 240) participants read one of three
erotic stories depicting male dominance, female dominance, or no dominance, or
a fourth nonerotic control story.
First, we found that after reading about a
sexually dominant man, women reported increased benevolent sexism compared to
men, and men reported increased rape myth acceptance compared to women.
Second,
men and women showed a similar level of preference for partner dominance after
reading about a sexually dominant woman. This was in contrast to the typical
pattern revealed in all other conditions, whereby women were more likely to
favor dominant partners relative to men.
Finally, we found no evidence to
support the hypothesis that the story describing male dominance would be the
most arousing. Rather, all three erotic stories were equally sexually arousing
compared to the control condition, and men and women did not differ in the
extent to which the erotic stories aroused them.
Theoretical and practical
implications are discussed.
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By:
- a School of Psychology, University of Queensland
- b School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University
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