technology
From Stone Dildos to Sexbots: How Technology is Changing Sex
Sex and technology link in many different ways – whether its helps overcome a disability or separation from a loved one, or is simply be a way to increase pleasure and excitement.
By Curated Content
November 15, 2018
For the love of technology! Sex robots and virtual reality
People we refer to as “digisexuals” are turning to advanced technologies, such as robots, virtual reality (VR) environments and feedback devices known as teledildonics, to take the place of human partners.
By Curated Content
August 14, 2020
Editorial: Data and Sexuality
While we are struggling with the vicissitudes brought on by the pandemic we are also forced to spend more time online, to look for resources in terms of health care or caregivers, to reach out to people and build a communities of care, to take a break, or to try and hook-up online for a while.
By TARSHI
May 15, 2021
Early ‘Love Marriage’ and the Big, Bad Internet
In fact, the Internet actually allows adolescents access to a wide range of information including on sexual health. A 2015 study by Marie Stopes International[2] (an organisation that provides contraception and safe abortion services) found that the main source of information on sexual health among adolescents is the Internet.
By Shubha Kayastha and Indu Nepal
June 1, 2017
Ctr Alt Swipe Right: Sex, Sexuality and the Internet in India
The promises of the Internet are, of course, highly contextual. The Internet will mean very different things to a person who has access to their own mobile phone in a city with a reliable and affordable broadband or WiFi connection, as compared to someone who does not have access to a reliable Internet connection or who is unable to go to a shop to exchange downloaded songs and clips through an SD card.
By Siddharth Narrain
Choice and Sexuality in Cyberspace
Consent, however, is not so straightforward in the digital world. With instances where data can be hacked into, and with deep fake technologies making it more difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is fake, we have a situation where it is difficult to completely anticipate the kinds of risks involved, and the ways in which sexually explicit material is used.
By Siddharth Narrain
March 5, 2019
Chahat Chowk: Reaching Out to Women
Attempting to talk about sexual health in an urban environment like Gurgaon is a bit like trying to pierce an…
By Arti Jaiman
July 15, 2015
Brushstrokes: Songs of Selfies
[slideshow_deploy id=’6357′] The songs of selfies played its colourful tune, with selfies coming out as musical notes from the gramophone kept…
By Curated Content
July 15, 2015
A woman giving birth naturally in water at home
[slideshow_deploy id=’6238′] While the field of reproductive health has been upgraded and equipped with the latest technology of the 21st…
By Curated Content
July 1, 2015
A class on porn, anyone?
It’s technology that has allowed me, amidst the lockdown, to connect with so many people and I dare say, sext and share photos. It’s technology that has allowed me and many others access to things like porn, fetish websites, and to buy sex toys and so much more without leaving our beds!
By Abdullah Erikat
August 3, 2020
“Darlings”: Two Women, One Story
Darlings, with the narratives of Badru (Alia Bhatt) and her mother, Shamshu (Shefali Shah), illustrates the story of ordinary women in India who are struggling to change their discourse, deconstruct their reality, and imagine miracles.
By Anuja Das
September 19, 2022