Sex Toy Technology Replacing the Real Thing?
In an era of technological advancement and sexual enlightenment, there have been new trends toward sexual capability and comfort that minimize the need for a sexual partner. In other words, people are finding new (and somewhat peculiar) ways to have an intense sexual experience without the need for another person within a thousand miles. Sex toys have maximized the capability to be sexually exploratory in the privacy of one’s own home without the presence of anyone else; but is this making the thrill of using a toy a little too convenient.
There is a book on shelves now called Love and Sex with Robots. This book discusses the potential future of robotics, providing human beings with companionship and sexual gratification. Although an intriguing idea, I’m not sure humankind is completely comfortable with abandoning a sexual partner who knows what they like for one that is programmed the way they like. In fact, its borderline bizarre to think that someday, human beings will be sexually gratified indirectly by a forty-something programmer somewhere overseas. This idea in particular seems far off, but what we are actually close to is equally strange.
The Vivid Cyber Sex Suit allows the user to wear what is basically a wetsuit, which sends concentrated electrical impulse to sensitive parts of the body. Though is generally seems like a good idea, the thought that a woman in Japan could shock my genitalia is a tad unsettling - almost as unsettling as my future sex robot short circuiting in the middle of the act.
Though this seems like it could be convenient for a particular audience, the use of technology with sex may have come as far as it should have. We may be in an era where almost anything is possible sexually, but perhaps, some things are better left to do with an organic, human partner.
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