Wired News: You'll Know When You're Older: "Talk about sex tech to a 35-year-old, and it takes about three minutes for the light to switch on. 'Yeah!' she or he will cry. 'My sister met her husband online!' (Or maybe, 'My sister left her husband for a woman she met online!' You never know.)
It puzzled me why 20-year-olds weren't reacting the same way. I was totally unprepared for the blank looks and the resounding chorus of 'huh?' when I described the book.
How could a generation so saturated with both tech and sex not see how the two come together?
Then it dawned on me. These kids may be tech-savvy and sex-obsessed, but they don't have the same need for sex tech as the older folks.
Why bother with online dating when you spend the majority of your day with your peer group?
Why look for love outside your city when you're only allowed to use the car for school and errands?
Why would a college student need the internet to get laid when she's already surrounded by hordes of intelligent young single men -- most of whom she didn't grow up with?
She'll have plenty of time after graduation to bring out the sex toys, when she and her boyfriend find jobs or attend grad school in different cities, or when she's burned out on the dating scene.
And considering their comfort level with remote interaction and online gaming, teledildonics will not seem odd at all. It will just be another option on a Wednesday night."
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