Technologies penetrate into all spheres of our life: we cannot imagine our daily life without smartphones, computers, washing machines, and some even choose "smart" refrigerators. And of course, technology cannot but touch the area of relationships and sex.
Moving away from the image of an obstacle that creates barriers and causes tension in relationships, technology will bring people closer together, opening up a completely new world of personalized pleasure. From apps that encourage you to learn more about your partner, to a complete reassessment of the societal understanding of what sex is — this is the impact progress can have on our lives in the coming years.
Technology helps satisfy curiosity
With access to the Internet and an inexhaustible variety of content, your curiosity may know no bounds — and, most importantly, be satisfied. Moreover, communities are being created online where you can always find like-minded people — instead of being ashamed of your sexual preferences.
You have the opportunity to learn and gain more from long-term relationships
The eternal dilemma of routine in relationships (both sexual and emotional) is being solved with the help of innovative apps and platforms designed to bring back the fire and romance into long-term relationships. In the USA, there is an app called UnderCovers, whose main goal is to inspire couples to unexpected actions in the bedroom and new discoveries about each other.
Pleasure is becoming personalized
The flourishing of the high-tech sex toy industry, which can be created according to your wishes, will lead to a revolution in pleasure. This will destroy the outdated belief that sex and pleasure are the same for everyone.
With the help of technology, views on relationships can be expanded both in the bedroom and beyond
Technological advancements have always challenged conventional views of the world, and the current situation is no different. The use of technologies like robotics and VR (that is, virtual reality), which have never been used in a sexual context before, will open up ways to explore new data about the body and sexual issues.
Robot sex dolls from the RealDoll project, which are difficult to distinguish from live people, are already available for order. Their physical characteristics are created based on the customer's preferences — from skin color, eye and hair color, to breast and waist size. And while the ethics of this invention remains in question, many have the opportunity to "buy" themselves the ideal partner.
Progress will allow for a reassessment of what sex actually is
When personalized pleasure becomes the norm, the traditional view of sex for purely reproductive purposes disappears. Conversations about sex become more open and diverse. If previously vibrators were considered solely a remedy for female hysteria, now more and more women are not shy about discussing sex toys with friends and partners.
Technology helps maintain long-distance relationships
Access to the Internet from anywhere in the world and a long list of video chat features means that couples can be thousands of kilometers apart and still feel like they are in the same room. With the ability to continue communicating, couples can maintain the level of contact and openness necessary for developing relationships even over great distances. Moreover, special sex toys are being created for such couples. Lovense, for example, releases paired devices, each of which reacts to the movements of the other.
Apps are changing the very principle of how you meet new partners
The way we meet potential partners has dramatically changed over the past five years with the help of Tinder alone. Thanks to it, you can meet a huge number of new people for different purposes with minimal effort. And as more and more platforms for finding love emerge, the process of meeting and the first acquaintance becomes increasingly technological.
Virtual and augmented reality bring something new to sex
Although it is still difficult to imagine virtual and augmented reality as a natural part of sexual relationships, these technologies will be used much more widely over time. Virtual reality creates a new atmosphere around the user — and allows for much more to be tried, both with a partner and alone.
Producers of "adult" content are already using virtual reality to shoot realistic porn, whose viewer becomes part of the process rather than a detached observer. One can have various opinions about adult films, but the technologies used truly amaze the imagination.
These technological advancements and the new ways in which we incorporate gadgets into our everyday sexual lives significantly contribute to the elimination of stigmas and taboos surrounding everything related to sex. What was once considered taboo or the realm of the bravest will become the norm.
