238 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    238 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Shifts in societal development resulting from economic and technological advancements have had an impact upon the development of human sexuality and behaviour, and with the expansion of developments such as the Internet and associated technologies, it is likely that further societal shifts will ensue. This book recognises the importance of new digital spaces for discourses surrounding sexuality, examining issues such as pornography; sex education and health; LGBTQ sexualities; polysexuality or polyamory; abstention; sexual abuse and violence; erotic online literature; sex therapy; teledildonics; sex and gaming; online dating; celebrity porn; young people and sexual media; and sexting and sextainment, all of which are prominently affected by the use of digital media.

    With case studies drawn from the US, the UK and Europe, Sex in the Digital Age engages in discussion about the changing acceptance of sex in the 21st century and part played in that by digital media, and considers the future of sex and sexuality in an increasingly digital age. It will therefore appear to scholars across the social sciences with interests in gender and sexuality, new technologies and media and cultural studies.

    List of Figures and Tables

    List of Contributors

    List of Abbreviations

    Introduction (Paul G Nixon and Isabel Düsterhöft)

    1. The Affective and Affectless Bodies of Monster Toon Porn (Susanna Paasonen)

    2. Participatory Porn Culture: Feminist Positions and Oppositions in the Internet Pornosphere (Allegra W. Smith)

    3. Young People and Sexual Media (Cosimo Marco Scarcelli)

    4. Sex Education in the Digital Age (Deb Levine)

    5. Love at our Fingertips: Exploring the Design Implications of Mobile Dating Technologies (Jessica L. James)

    6. Sexting (Michelle Drouin)

    7. "Nude Selfies til I die" – Making of "Sexy" in Selfies (Katrin Tiidenberg)

    8. Nothing to Hide: Selfies, Sex and the Visibility Dilemma in Trans Male Online Cultures (Tobias Raun and Cáel M. Keegan)

    9. Supporting One Another: Nonbinary Community Building on Tumblr (Abigail Oakley)

    10. "Cake is Better Than Sex" – AVEN and Asexuality (Agata Pacho)

    11. Gay Men and the Internet: Unlimited Possibility. Lived Reality (David Gudelunas)

    12. Two-faced Racism in a Gay Online Sex: Preference in the Frontstage or Racism in the Backstage? (Jesus Gregorio Smith)

    13. Representing Bisexuality in the Digital Age (Nora Madison)

    14. Exploring Polyamory Online: Ethics, Relationships and Understanding (Abbi Bloedel and Jimmie Manning)

    15. Becoming BDSM in an Online Environment (Alan McKee and Rebecca S. Randall)

    16. Negotiations of Identity, Pleasure and Health in Women’s Online Sex Work Advertisements (Alexandra S. Marcotte and Justin R. Garcia)

    17. Gaming and Sex (Ashley ML Brown and Rob Gallagher)

    18. Hell Yes!!!!!: Playing Away, Teledildonics and the future of Sex (Paul G Nixon)

    Index

    Biography

    Paul G. Nixon is Principal Lecturer in Political Science in European Studies and University Platform Co-ordinator (Europe) at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. He is the co-editor of Digital Media Usage Across the Lifecourse; Lobbying the European Union: Changing Minds, Changing Times; Politics and the Internet in Comparative Context: Views from the Cloud; Understanding E-Government in Europe: Issues and Challenges; E-Government in Europe; Cyberprotest; and Politics Parties and the Internet, and editor of Representations of Education in Literature.

    Isabel K. Düsterhöft is a Lecturer in International and European Law in the European Studies programme at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Her research and publications mainly focus on international criminal law, international humanitarian law and civil society’s contribution to conflict transformation. She was the editor in chief of the newsletter of the Association of Defence Counsel Practising Before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ADC-ICTY) between 2013 and 2016 and has managed the editorial process of various publications for this Association.

    "This book consists of 18 academic studies prepared by scholars ranging from undergraduate and graduate students, lecturers, researchers, and professors from U.S., European and Australian institutions... Each individual study runs a tightly-packed 10 pages or so... and share a common academic rigor, grounded in detailed analyses and innumerable references to prior studies. Most informative, many of the articles include materials from the author’s primary research."

    David Rosen, New York Journal of Books