# What is it about vampire fiction (movies. books, etc)  that makes women so sweaty and moist?

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**Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-vampire-fiction-movies-books-etc-that-makes-women-so-sweaty-and-moist/529269/19 "2010-02-17T10:43:02Z")

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> [@EllisDee](#):
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> I rather like **wierdaaron** ’s [take on it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11480376&postcount=7):
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> > Women love vampires.
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> > Women hate zombies.
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> > Men love zombies.
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> > Men hate vampires.

Well, to quote myself from that thread:

> [@Enough With The Stupid Vampire Shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-stupid-vampire-shit/507579/52):
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> I think plenty of men like vampires; they just fantasize about BEING the vampire, not be seduced by one. Or about being the one who kills the vampire. And not the teenage girl fantasy vampires like TwiVamps; the terrifying, badass slaughters-his-enemies-and-drinks-their-blood type.

Depending on how they are portrayed, vampires can be a male power fantasy as much as they can be a repressed-woman’s sexual fantasy. In fact, I think there’s at least three major vamp categories here; male power fantasy vampires, female romance/sex/danger fantasy vampires, and Just Plain Scary vampires. With a fair amount of overlap with the milder versions of course; but sparkly “emo” TwiVamps and monstrous, badass mastermind Kain of the Legacy of Kain games are wildly different in style.

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