For one thing, the author, Laura Berman, Ph.D., (an alleged “sex educator”) in an essay about “the future of sex” doesn’t address the trend towards the increasing eviction of more and more of young men from the dating pool because young women find them “boring.” This trend has advanced far along in Japan, the country that seems to exist about 20 years ahead of the rest of the developed world, where reportedly a quarter of the men in their early 30′s have had no sexual experience. (And Japanese men live relatively close to other Asian countries popular with Western sex tourists, like the Philippines and Thailand; so you wonder why they don’t seek out prostitutes in those countries just a short flight away.)
And two, consider her nonsense about:
Currently sex aids are widely available, but the future is going to hold some truly edgy products. Futurists are predicting that—in just 10 to 15 years—there will be robots that will look and feel incredibly lifelike, robots with which you can cuddle and have sex. You will be able to design your perfect mate, complete with the right voice and the artificial intelligence to whisper those sweet nothings at exactly the right time.
And,
Meanwhile, our understanding of the neurobiology of sex will lead to a new ability to stimulate the brain directly to simulate mind-blowing sex regardless of physical contact. This will not only have endless recreational implications, but will significantly improve the sex lives of people with disabilities, as well.
This show that Berman doesn’t see the importance to a young man’s development that comes from getting into sexual relationships through dating real, live women. In her absurd futurist vision, men would do just fine by staying emotionally and socially stunted from masturbating with sexbots and plugging into orgasmatrons.
On second thought, perhaps Berman does see the sexual eviction crisis, and she proposes these speculative technologies as a way to keep the sexually yucky boys away from trying to get into dates and relationships with the cool girls like her.
I see so much wrong with this that I don’t know where to start:
The Future of Sex: It Gets Better
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-sex-it-gets-better-1430104231
For one thing, the author, Laura Berman, Ph.D., (an alleged “sex educator”) in an essay about “the future of sex” doesn’t address the trend towards the increasing eviction of more and more of young men from the dating pool because young women find them “boring.” This trend has advanced far along in Japan, the country that seems to exist about 20 years ahead of the rest of the developed world, where reportedly a quarter of the men in their early 30′s have had no sexual experience. (And Japanese men live relatively close to other Asian countries popular with Western sex tourists, like the Philippines and Thailand; so you wonder why they don’t seek out prostitutes in those countries just a short flight away.)
And two, consider her nonsense about:
And,
This show that Berman doesn’t see the importance to a young man’s development that comes from getting into sexual relationships through dating real, live women. In her absurd futurist vision, men would do just fine by staying emotionally and socially stunted from masturbating with sexbots and plugging into orgasmatrons.
On second thought, perhaps Berman does see the sexual eviction crisis, and she proposes these speculative technologies as a way to keep the sexually yucky boys away from trying to get into dates and relationships with the cool girls like her.
Then why bring it up on LW?