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“THE REALITY
DIDN’T MEASURE
UP TO THE
FANTASY”Mollie, 37, fulfilled a long-held desire,
but it wasn’t what she expected“I
was in my 20s when an
unknown woman sprung forth
from my imagination and
went down on me in the
softest, gentlest and most erotic manner
possible. As I masturbated, my mind
took me deep into the fantasy and I
experienced an orgasm that rocked my
body to its core. My first reaction was
guilt and confusion. I considered myself
straight. ‘So why,’ I asked myself, ‘was I
getting off thinking about women?’
“My fantasies became a regular
occurrence. Men barely featured at all.
But in real life I was still attracted to, and
having sex with, men. I never even noticed
flesh-and-blood women. It was confusing.
Was I in the closet? Was I in denial?
Did my fantasies make me a lesbian?Research says more than half of women admit
to having lesbian fantasies – but what is it
like between the sheets? Three women
share their same-sex experiencesWhat’s it
really like to
have sex with
a woman?
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