NEWS: The End of Sex as We Know It

CULTURE: The End of Sex as We Know It

At a recent conference focusing on the future of sex held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, sex researchers expressed concern the increasingly intertwined relationship between sex and technology could lead to a so-called "de-interaction of sex." Kinsey Institute director Julia Heiman believes people will move towards virtual relationships, rather than real ones, with disconcerting consequences in the bedroom.

sex, I don't remember sex. must've been sick in 5th grade when they went over that one...

hmmm...wonder if journalism goes to shit too if reliance on "conference call" interviews continues apace...

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Uh...there's no virtual sex yet. Sure, if you get holodeck style technology, or maybe virtual interaction environments like Richard K. Morgan describes in his Kovacs books, then it might mostly replace regular sexual interaction. More room to act out fantasies, fewer consequences.

But we're nowhere near there. Right now, I guess you can do textsex. And that's kind of fun, but I can tell you right here and now that I would trade any and all of it for real sex in a heartbeat.

I think Miss Heiman is worrying unnecessarily. Who would want to give up the skin-to-skin interaction, catching eachothers eyes, hearing their noises and cuddling afterwards, not me!

The end of sex means the end of children, and that can only be a good thing. I fucking hate brats.

I don't thing "real" sex will ever die out. That is like saying the need to drink water will die out! Idiots!

Here's how to read this paragraph:

These panelists have really boring sex lives.

Haven't you people seen Demolition Man!!!!
Its closer than you think.....

I will NEVER give up on real sex! Its way too good!

Nine posts in and no one, absolutely no one has commented on the fact that a sex researcher is named "Heiman?" That's it, I'm outta here.

one word: teledildonics

I didn't even notice that! Hehe!

Am I the only one who immediately thinks of Barbarella? Especially with the sex drugs.

I'd be totally in favor of a virtual relationship and "virtual sex" over a real relationship with real sex. "real life can seldom compete with fantasies", huh? DUH! Real life sucks. Relationships are hard and unpleasant much of the time. Why wouldn't I want a relationship I can fold up and store? (meant figuratively.)
Besides, let people become disinterested in "real" sex, and maybe we'd see a dip in population. I'm all for it, fuck those sexperts.

Also, I think there's the implication that we would use the technology to go and fuck made up fantasy people, but I think it's just as likely, if not more so, that most people would use it to have wild virtual sex online with other people.

And maybe it'll help do away with some of the crimes committed by people like the Cannibal of Rothenburg.

I'm confused as yto how viagra helps to individualize sex. I'd think that if you can't get it up, staring at a screen and fantasizing would be more common, and the drug would help get back into the cooperative sex side of things.

Yeah, honestly, most of the time, real sex just isn't worth the hassle of dealing with other people. So, yeah, hooray for teh cyb0r.

thats different

Women are too emotionally turbulent and confusing, like an airplane that's constantly threatening to spin out of control.

so long as I'm having fun I really don't care what happens to the state of sex.

This bothers me... Has someone been RAMming their hard drive into someone else's main frame??

I thought is was me all along. Now I know that's how God built them.

Hear, hear.