What’s infuriating and depressing about all this is that there is great writing and research being done not only in the area of sexuality and technology but also on almost every other facet of sexual experience. But instead of actually picking up a journal, or taking the time to ask a sex research something other than what they think of Jenna Jameson, we get this terrible “dumbing down” of public sexual discussion. By printing these non-stories, and not expecting more than lazy journalism, outlets like Reuters (and it is definitely not the only one to do this) are confirming that when it comes to sex, as long as we see some skin, that’s good enough. Just throw a few titillating stories about porn stars and a future where we’re all hooked up to machines for our orgasms, and we’ll call it a day.
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