Tech, Sex and Health
The Place of New Technologies in Sex, Sexual Health, and Human Intimacy
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- English
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Tech, Sex and Health
The Place of New Technologies in Sex, Sexual Health, and Human Intimacy
About this book
This book presents recent sociological research investigating the intersection of technology, human sexuality, and health.
Rapid advances within biomedical, biomechanical, and biodigital domains have prompted scholarly exploration into the ways these technologies are being integrated into, or are reshaping, human sexual and intimate practices and the resulting health implications. Scholarship has also focused on the potential for new technologies to extend the imagined, and real, possibilities for enhancing human sexual experiences. The chapters in this book delve into the interconnected themes of sex, health, bodies, and risk in relation to emerging technologies. They illuminate the intricate interplay between human bodies, sexual practices and technologies, spotlight how novel technologies and human practices collaboratively shape or remodel cultures of sex and intimacy, and critically interrogate the discourses of risk and pleasure that frame our understanding of technology and sex.
Researchers within the fields of sociology, technology studies, human sexuality, and health, as well as educators and professionals seeking a comprehensive understanding of how people engage with technologies in their intimate relationships and sex lives, will find this collection engaging and informative. Additionally, individuals interested in the cultural, societal, and ethical implications of emerging technologies in relation to sexual experiences and health will also benefit from the insights presented in this volume. The chapters in this book were originally published in several journals, including Health Sociology Review, Journal of Gender Studies, and Information & Communications Technology Law.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Citation Information
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Traversing TechSex: benefits and risks in digitally mediated sex and relationships
- 2 Regulating tech-sex and managing image-based sexual abuse: an Australian perspective
- 3 Rethinking risk in adults’ engagement with sexual digital imagery
- 4 Dating apps as public health ‘problems’: cautionary tales and vernacular pedagogies in news media
- 5 ‘I don’t think my torso is anything to write home about’: men’s reflexive production of ‘authentic’ photos for online dating platforms
- 6 Building community, one swipe at a time: hook-up apps and the production of intimate publics between women
- 7 ‘It’s like getting an Uber for sex’: social networking apps as spaces of risk and opportunity in the Philippines among men who have sex with men
- 8 Data-driven intimacy: emerging technologies in the (re)making of sexual subjects and ‘healthy’ sexuality
- 9 Conceptualising the continuum of female genital fashioning practices
- 10 The age of LARC: making sexual citizens on the frontiers of technoscientific healthism
- 11 Producing bodies at risk in sexual health: an ethnographic comparative analysis between the combined oral contraceptive pill and pre-exposure prophylaxis in Switzerland
- Index