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Digisexuality: Merging Sex and Technology

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By Leah Froats
Apr 2, 2018 7:16 PMMay 21, 2019 5:43 PM
Ryan Gosling regards an AI in Blade Runner: 2049. (Credit: Warner Bros)
Ryan Gosling regards an AI in Blade Runner: 2049. (Credit: Warner Bros)

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Human culture has always evolved in tandem with technological developments. And that includes sexuality.

Robots, virtual reality, and telecommunication tech are all just beginning to be repurposed to fulfill sexual needs. They can range from something as simple as vibrators that use Bluetooth to communicate with your phone to advanced AI-based sex dolls, and they fall under the umbrella of digisexuality, a term that describes human sexual interactions involving technology.

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