"Rape Fantasies" is written by Margaret Atwood in 1977. Basically this short story is about the narrator, named Estelle, recalling a conversation of several women during their lunch hour. It starts with one of Estelle's co-workers, asking the question "How about it, girls, do you have rape fantasies?"(pg 72) The story goes on with each woman telling their supposed "rape fantasy" to one another. As each is telling their fantasy, Estelle is doing her best to try to deflect the situation by making jokes about their fantasies. After all the women have told their fantasies, Estelle says, "Â…those aren't rape fantasies. I mean, you aren't getting raped, it's just some guy you haven't met formally who happens to be more attractive than Derek Cummins . . . and you have a good time. Rape is when they've got a knife or something and you don't want to."(pg 74) Estelle then goes on to talk about her "rape fantasies" from about to be raped by a short, ugly guy dieing from leukemia to......
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