What do women really want?

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Mr Darcy, Elvis, Leonardo Di Caprio - who have you fantasised about or lusted after? They have all been adored by women at some point, but what can we learn from real (and fictional!) heartthrobs? Professor Carol Dyhouse explains how our changing idea of 'Prince Charming' can reveal the history of female desires and social change. She says, “Women go for powerful men because it offers them protection but quite often what they’re seeing in the man is a projection of their own desires for power.”