SA women 'prefer shopping to sex'

Many women admitted having a thing for shoes

South African women value shopping above sex, survey results suggest.

Of women who took part in a "Fantasy Survey" promoted by a drinks company, 45% said they valued shopping over sex. Only 26% voted the other way round.

Three quarters of the women who took part described themselves as having a shoe fetish while 70% said they did not have enough clothes in their wardrobes. Almost half (48%) of women surveyed said men had no real understanding of their needs and desires.

Fame

A smaller number (40%) said they were still misunderstood, although men made an effort to understand their wishes.

Fame also featured in women's fantasies, with 78% dreaming of a red-carpet welcome at the Oscars, while 72% dreamt of appearing in one of South Africa's local soap operas.

A clear majority of women in the survey (63%) thought the world would be a better and more peaceful place if women, rather than men, were in charge.

Perhaps not surprisingly, just under half of the women who responded to the survey felt that their fantasies would never come true.