Sex in the Digital Age

Shifts in societal development resulting from economic and technological advancements have had an impact upon the development of human sexuality and behaviour, and with the expansion of developments such as the Internet and associated technologies, it is likely that further societal shifts will ensue. This book recognises the importance of new digital spaces for discourses surrounding sexuality, examining issues such as pornography; sex education and health; LGBTQ sexualities; polysexuality or polyamory; abstention; sexual abuse and violence; erotic online literature; sex therapy; teledildonics; sex and gaming; online dating; celebrity porn; young people and sexual media; and sexting and sextainment, all of which are prominently affected by the use of digital media.

With case studies drawn from the US, the UK and Europe, Sex in the Digital Age engages in discussion about the changing acceptance of sex in the 21st century and part played in that by digital media, and considers the future of sex and sexuality in an increasingly digital age. It will therefore appear to scholars across the social sciences with interests in gender and sexuality, new technologies and media and cultural studies.

Paul G. Nixon is Principal Lecturer in Political Science in European Studies and University Platform Co-ordinator (Europe) at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. He is the co-editor of Digital Media Usage Across the Lifecourse; Lobbying the European Union: Changing Minds, Changing Times; Politics and the Internet in Comparative Context: Views from the Cloud; Understanding E-Government in Europe: Issues and Challenges; E-Government in Europe; Cyberprotest; and Politics Parties and the Internet, and editor of Representations of Education in Literature.

Isabel K. Dusterhoft is a Lecturer in International and European Law in the European Studies programme at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Her research and publications mainly focus on international criminal law, international humanitarian law and civil society’s contribution to conflict transformation. She was the editor in chief of the newsletter of the Association of Defence Counsel Practising Before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ADC-ICTY) between 2013 and 2016 and has managed the editorial process of various publications for this Association.