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April 10, 2026The Journal of Sexual Medicine

(064) From Fantasy to Communication: BDSM Engagement, Sexual Experience Breadth, and Pleasure Deservingness Among College Women

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AJA JasudowiczKBK BogenLFLucia M. Fetkenhour

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Overview

Investigating BDSM fantasies and sexual experiences predicts communication comfort and pleasure deservingness in college women, suggesting more nuanced understandings of sexual agency.

Key Points

  • The aim is to evaluate how BDSM engagement and sexual experience relate to sexual communication and pleasure deservingness in women.
  • Participants completed an online survey about sexual experiences and BDSM fantasies.
  • Correlational analyses were conducted using hierarchical linear regressions.
  • ANOVA was used to assess model improvement as BDSM engagement was added to the predictors.
  • Sexual experience predicted higher sexual agency across various outcomes (p < .05).
  • Submission fantasies increased self-oriented pleasure deservingness (β = .35, p = .016).
  • BDSM engagement significantly improved predictions for partner-directed pleasure deservingness (ΔR2 = .095, p = .024).

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Jasudowicz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d896046c1944d70ce0738fhttps://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdag063.061
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