‘SEX CULT!’ New York Post Cover for April 21, 2018
Posted: April 22, 2018 Filed under: Breaking News, Entertainment, Mediasphere, Religion, U.S. News | Tags: Cult, media, New York, New York Post, news, Newspaper, NYC, Sex, Sexuality, Slavery, Tabloid Leave a commentSource: New York Post
Illusion: Porn Makers Want Sexual Fantasies to Become Virtual Realities
Posted: November 21, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Japan, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Erotica, Gaming, Kanagawa Prefecture, Pornography, Sex industry, Sexuality, The Japan Times, Virtual reality, VR, VR Kanojo Leave a commentAre you ready for your VR Kanojo?
Kazuaki Nagata reports: In June, hundreds of people thronged a small virtual reality event in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, forcing the organizer to cancel it halfway through.
“In the future, some say we might see people giving up on real-life relationships in favor of virtual romance — a possibility that could emerge as the technology becomes more immersive, which is likely to raise a moral question.”
What drew such a big crowd so quickly?
A VR-based porn demonstration.
“It was unexpected,” said Kento Yoshida, head of the group that organized the event. “But it proved that many people have expectations for VR adult content.”
Industry insiders claim that adult VR content may be the key to spreading the technology to the general public, just as it did with videotapes and the internet.
[Read the full story here, at The Japan Times]
They said VR’s potential is huge because it could eventually lead to virtual sex, either with a digital character or a real person in a different location. The technology can also be used to fulfill one’s secret fantasies more easily.
“There’s a certain degree of adverse reaction to adult content. I’m concerned that it might damage the image of VR.”
While admitting that the erotic possibilities made possible by VR will provoke critics of adult content, they said it will still be meaningful to have a new option for sex.
Yoshida, who is also president of Tokyo-based adult video maker VRG, said most people remain unaware of VR’s potential, which is why he held the Akihabara event.
“Illusion plans to release a game called ‘VR Kanojo’ — ‘VR Girlfriend’ — that lets players virtually enter an imaginary girlfriend’s room to have sex. The producers say they are focused on making players feel the girlfriend is really there.”
“At that time, people didn’t really know what VR was … so I thought that adult content would be the most catchy topic to use to get people more familiarized with VR,” he said.
The technology opens up a whole new horizon for people with sexual fantasies, he said.
For instance, if people harbor a desire for abnormal or illicit sex, fulfilling that desire may be difficult or risky in real life, to say the least. But VR can make it all possible, Yoshida said.
“VR headsets allow people to effectively jump into whatever they see, so this kind of immersive experience could lead to virtual sex with digital characters or other people.”
It can also help others who are too shy to express their feelings or start a relationship.
“VR is the best way to satisfy their sexual needs,” he said.
[ALSO SEE – For Japan’s ‘stranded singles’, virtual love beats the real thing]
VR headsets allow people to effectively jump into whatever they see, so this kind of immersive experience could lead to virtual sex with digital characters or other people, Yoshida said.
But achieving high-quality virtual sex means conquering several technological barriers, including the lack of physical sensation, he said.
Other Japanese firms are already cashing in on the trend. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] William F. Buckley Jr. Interviews Hugh Hefner on Firing Line (1966) Parts 2-6
Posted: November 2, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere, Politics, Think Tank | Tags: 1950s, 1960s, Catholic Church, Civil rights movement, Firing Line, Hugh Hefner, Jonah Goldberg, Kevin D. Williamson, media, National Review, news, Playboy Magazine, Sexuality, Television, video, William F. Buckley Jr Leave a comment
Alyssa Abkowitz 沈丽莎: Sex Toys and ‘Er Nai’: Inside China’s Unfolding Sexual Revolution
Posted: March 16, 2015 Filed under: Asia, China, Entertainment, Global | Tags: 2012 Delhi gang rape case, Agency for French Teaching Abroad, Air Pollution, Automobile, Beijing, Burma, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mao Zedong, Premarital sex, Sexuality, The Wall Street Journal Leave a commentAlyssa Abkowitz reports: In 1989, sexologist Li Yinhe conducted a famous survey that showed 15% of Chinese respondents said they had premarital sex. Today, that figure is about 71%, according to local figures. “China is becoming more adventurous in the bedroom,” said Zhang Lijia, author of the forthcoming novel “Lotus,” which looks at prostitution in modern China.
“China is becoming more adventurous in the bedroom.”
Ms. Zhang was speaking to a mostly younger crowd at Beijing’s Bookworm Literary Festival on Sunday. She was joined by Jemimah Steinfeld, author of “Little Emperors and Material Girls,” which focuses on China’s sex and youth culture, and Faramerz Dabhoiwala, who has been called the Stephen Hawking of sex for writing “The Origins of Sex,” which looks at the western sexual revolution of the 18th century.
“Chinese women gingerly began to unbutton Chairman Mao’s jacket. For a long time kissing on a bus was something we only saw in foreign films.”
— Zhang Lijia
Only several decades ago, “Chinese women gingerly began to unbutton Chairman Mao’s jacket,” Ms. Zhang said, referring to the 1980s, when women started to wear makeup and shorter skirts. “For a long time kissing on a bus was something we only saw in foreign films.”
“Er nai, as modern-day Chinese mistresses are called, are deeply entwined in business practices, because having multiple mistresses is a sign that a man has the pull to seal a deal.”
Today, sex is everywhere in China, from adult stores on nearly every corner in Beijing to young entrepreneurs, such as one interviewed by Ms. Steinfeld, who wants to import quality sex toys because he thinks Chinese sex toys are faulty. (This could be a tough road, as the majority of sex toys are made in China and exported around the world, Ms. Zhang said).
“There are women who have lovers just for fun too. Male prostitutes are far more expensive here because they have more work to do.”
Judging from the panel discussion, progress is mixed. As Beijing looks to pass its first domestic violence law, cleavage is being banned on television. One of the most popular items sold at roadside sex shops is hymen repair kits. Read the rest of this entry »
Camille Paglia: The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil
Posted: September 29, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Mediasphere, Think Tank | Tags: Camile Paglia, Campus life, False Accusations, Police, Political Correctness, Rape, Sexuality, Universities, University of Virginia 1 CommentWhy Are Bad Boys the Best in Bed?
Posted: March 29, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Bowery Hotel, Jasmine Lobe, Sex columnist, Sexuality, Whynot Coffee 1 CommentWhen the man of your dreams turns out to be a big fat jerk, and you want him even more
Some late night trash for your entertainment pleasure.
N.Y.Observer sex columnist Jasmine Lobe writes: Turns out casual encounters at Whynot Coffee are just as efficient for hookups as right swipes on Tinder. It was there that Adam swooped in on me mid-latte.
“But he’s really, really good.”
One week later, he texted me, “I’m pushing you up against the wall, kissing your neck.”
“What are you doing to me?” I’m dizzy with desire but wary since we’ve only been on two dates.
“You’re not ready for the big leagues, are you? Gotta slow down or you’ll freak. I’m like crack.”
“Ego?” I replied.
“Nah. It’s just once I put my tongue inside you, it will cause some problems.”
He was right. Weeks later, I’m an addict and having major withdrawal. My childhood friend Milton, a painter, sits me down for an intervention on the heated patio of the Bowery Hotel. Read the rest of this entry »
The End of Sex: The ‘Porn Oscars’ and the Pornification of America
Posted: February 10, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Economics, Entertainment, Think Tank | Tags: Adult Video News, AVN Awards, Brazzers, Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, Porn Oscars, Pornography, Recife, Sexuality 1 CommentFor National Review Online, on an enviable assignment, Kevin D. Williamson writes:
Vegas, Baby — “Eggs are expensive, sperm are cheap.” That’s a plain-English approximation of Bateman’s principle, which holds that in a species with two sexes, the members of the sex that invests less biologically in reproduction will end up competing, sometimes ferociously, over the members of the sex that invests more. Because healthy men can in theory reproduce almost without limit while women are constrained by the number of pregnancies that they can take to term in a lifetime, women have a very strong incentive to be more selective about their sexual partners, while men don’t: snipers vs. shotguns, basically. In a 2004 paper under the forthright title “Sexual Economics: Sex as Female Resource for Social Exchange in Heterosexual Interactions,” two scholars from the University of British Columbia and Florida State took that insight and examined mating behavior through the lens of market competition. And if you doubt for one second that the pitiless laws of supply and demand provide an excellent explanation of human sexual behavior, then by all means make a reservation at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for the annual awards ceremony hosted by Adult Video News, a.k.a. the “Porn Oscars,” the most mercilessly Darwinian sexual marketplace you will find this side of Recife.
‘How Obamacare Can Save the Porn Industry’
Posted: August 30, 2013 Filed under: Breaking News | Tags: Domain Names, Flickr, Pornographic actor, Pornography, Sexuality, Sexually transmitted disease, Solyndra, whitehouse.com Leave a commentThink Progress:
Here’s the article if you want to actually read their reasoning.
via National Review Online – Greg Pollowitz
Relativity
Posted: August 26, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Albert Einstein, Cartoons, dysfunction, mojo, Sexuality, theory of relativity, zombie apocalypse Leave a commentMan Arrested Twice For Having Sex With Same Horse
Posted: July 5, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: America's Funniest Home Videos, Cruelty to animals, Hidalgo County Texas, Horse, Houston Chronicle, Sexuality, Sheriff, Texas Leave a commentHildalgo County, Texas (CBS Houston) – The Houston Chronicle is reporting that a 43-year-old man has been arrested for the second time for having sex with the same horse.
The suspect, Cirilo Castillo, was reportedly released from jail in April having served time for the original equine violation which occurred in January of 2012 at a Hildalgo county ranch.
According to the report, Castillo returned to the same ranch and apparently the same horse, and was subsequently arrested on Wednesday.
Hildalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino shared some insight: “The guy is practically harmless, except for the horse.”
The owner of the horse allegedly has surveillance tape showing the suspect tying up the horse and then having his way with it. Castillo has been charged with cruelty to animals, criminal trespass, and is being held on $35,000 bond.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies – Aristotle
via Britebart.com — Yes, The Same Horse
Secret histories: sex lives of the Renaissance artists
Posted: May 30, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere, Reading Room | Tags: Florence, Human sexual activity, Leonardo, Raphael, Renaissance, Renaissance art, Sexuality, Titian Leave a commentvia guardian.co.uk.