I think women 'want' in all kinds of different ways, and in different manners. Many women do not give themselves 'permission' to want... mainly due to social conditioning (at least, how I look at it).
And then we also 'want' things we've been conditioned to 'want,' yet never really take the time to examine ourselves deeply enough to ask: "Is this MY want or what I've been conditioned to want?"
And then there's the whole other part of wanting... once you figure out what you do want, how do you go about getting it. Many women, afraid of their own vulnerability (ahem, ahem, shuffle feet) will turn to manipulation rather than honesty.
90% of the women I know, from ALL age ranges, will jump almost imeediately into the sack, thinking it is the way they will 'get' the guy. They 'want' one thing, but the 'get' another. Then get all confused about it.
Happens in Ms, too. But typcially in reverse fashion.