Helping, Hot Hands
Have you ever asked someone sexy and new if they are a “good” person? Do you just try and get a sense of it? There has long been this trope that bad folks get all the lovin’. In certain respects, this might be true - if only in movies and after school specials. Ultimately, maybe we do like good folks after all. Recent research shows that we look for sexual partners who demonstrate an altruistic bent. Helping people can establish us as desirable. And, really, who wouldn’t want someone who cares enough to help others?
Discovering Consent
One of the best ways to understand other people's struggles is to - as they say - take a walk in their shoes. In other words, to try to live their experiences and identify with them. Now, technology is advancing in such a way to let us do this, to slip on the virtual shoes of another person. There are many sexy and hot ways this is going to revolutionize sex, but there is another intriguing development happening in different parts of the world. VR is being used to confront significant social issues, including the the difficult place consent has in our world. I particularly love the Canadian project that is giving young men the chance to experience consent from a woman’s perspective. Great work.
There Goes the Neighborhood?
Negotiating sex and space is a tricky business - particularly when businesses are involved. For years, sexual businesses were relegated to back alleys, outlying parts of cities, and just generally didn’t exist in smaller communities. However, a greater acceptance of sex has lead to sexy business moving into more mainstream areas, thus achieving a greater degree of assimilation. Even so, it doesn’t always go well, particularly if an adult-oriented business moves in too close to other particular businesses. Now, it makes perfect sense that a fetish club can operate wherever it wants, but it seems like the potential for problems would be greater if it moves in next to a church and a preschool. Absolutely, the club has that right ... but is it right?
