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I know I'm not the only one...
Okay, so my husband and I were getting extrememly honest the other night, talking about fantasies. I mentioned that I get turned on when I see other women naked, and that I find naked women more attractive than men. As in, when I'm having solo sex, I look at women. I most definitely am not a lesbian. Love my hubby dearly, and have never felt any urges. He seems to think I'm a freak. I'm not, right?

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Re: I know I'm not the only one...
Not a freak at all. It's quite normal, as a matter of fact, and I myself do the same on occasion.
Of course, I've done more than look in the past, too.
Women ARE more attractive naked then men. I thought that was just common sense.
You are not a freak. You are someone who appreciates beauty.
You may also fall into the "I kissed a girl and I liked it" class... not full on gay, but turned on by the notion...?? I've never been with a woman, but the idea turns me on. I'm married now, and I know DH isn't interested in adding an extra to the mix, so I will have to just stick to the fantasies. And that's fine with me.
It's normal, I'm sure. If not, I'll join your freak club.
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Diagnosed PCOS '03, TTC #1 Since March '09
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June 2011 - 50mg Clomid = No O
Dieted and exercised my butt off for PCOS = BFP 5/7/2012
Due 12/29/2012
Me too! Ditto what most others said.
I bet he secretly loves that you fantasize about women. Better that than him thinking about you thinking about another man, right?
And, btw, fantasizing about a girl and being with one are two totally different things. (The fantasizing is better if you're straight.)
Try this photo - it's NSFW, but I promise it's not porn or spam. It's a shot of the VS models.
http://current.com/items/88800189_victorias-secret-models-take-it-off-again-didnt-the-fashion-show-just-happen.htm
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Diagnosed PCOS '03, TTC #1 Since March '09
BFP - 10/20/10, M/C - 10/29/10
June 2011 - 50mg Clomid = No O
Dieted and exercised my butt off for PCOS = BFP 5/7/2012
Due 12/29/2012
Most sex-experts agree that the majority of a personal's sexuality isn't simply "I like men" or "I like women". Kinsey described it as a scale, from 1 to 10, 1 being totally grossed-out by the same sex, 10 being totally and completely interested in the same sex. He said most people are actually a 3-4. That doesn't mean you'll act on it, or that you are bi or anything. It is a normal part of the human experience.
And ditto the girl who said, "That's just common sense". Women are WAY better looking naked.
No, you're not a freak, and it's not as uncommon as your husband seems to think.
Research into female sexuality has become really popular in the past couple of decades. There are all sorts of studies out there on what turns women on and what drives women's desires. One from 2003 out of Northwestern might help your urges make sense to your husband: the study found that while men were turned on by images of the gender/partnerings with which they identify (ie, straight men turned on by images of men and women having sex, gay men turned on by images of men having sex with other men), women were turned on by basically all of it.
To quote from the article on it, "As in many areas of sexuality, research on women's sexual arousal patterns has lagged far behind men's, but the scant research on the subject does hint that, compared with men, women's sexual arousal patterns may be less tightly connected to their sexual orientation."
Here's a link to the article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/06/030613075252.htm
It's not definitive, but to me it makes sense. I'm turned on by images of men and women, but I have no true sexual attraction to women (been there, tried that, just didn't do anything for me).
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