Thursday, June 24, 2004

Abstraction upon Fantasy

Wired News: High-Speed Love Connection: "Were porn star Jenna Jameson, for instance, to engage in a two-way High Joy sex-toy session, the sequence of commands she used could be recorded and replayed by fans who purchase both the device and the corresponding digital 'script.'"

So here we have it. Alienation in its most insidious form.

The porn industry has made inordinate amounts of money from sexual fantasy. And fantasy is the antithesis of reality. A dreamscape in which moral, ethical and physical bounds are negated and the human mind is free to roam at its most primal.

Now with the aid of the internet attached gadgets, we can abstract the fantasy.
As our society becomes globalised and individuals become fearful of the 'other', this is the ultimate safe sex. No messy other person with which to wine, dine and final make up excuses to leave.

And if one has virtual sex with someone over the internet, is that cheating on ones partner?

What is missing in our lives that we feel the need to have our masturbation orchestrated by an unseen other.

Where is love and acceptance in this scenario? Are we so fearful of our own real lives that we cannot go out into the real world and seek a concrete, satisfying and mutual respectful relationship of our own.

Maybe if we did that we would have to reexamine the way we lead our entire lives. That late capitalism is the antithesis of a fulfilling human existence.

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