Regina Lynn

Why we should talk about sex

From a description for a workshop to be included at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference in Montreal next April: SexRev2.0 Talking Sex and HCI Everyday interactions with technology – occurring in homes, streets and cars as much as at the office – increasingly draw upon the social, emotional and physical. There is growing interest […]
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From a description for a workshop to be included at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference in Montreal next April:

SexRev2.0

Talking Sex and HCI

Everyday interactions with technology – occurring in homes, streets and cars as much as at the office - increasingly draw upon the social, emotional and physical. There is growing interest at CHI in moving beyond cognition to examine these aspects of the human-computer experience. Sex lies at the intersection of these concerns; it is an important part of our domestic, social and emotional lives and a topic of and means for communication. Yet we tend to desexualize technology, the practices around it, and the environments into which we deploy it.

I think I'm going to drop the organizer a note to say hey! look over here! Some of us not only avoid desxualizing technology, we sexualize tech every chance we get. The Sex Drive forum has 2,471 members who could give conference attendees an earful about sex-tech and its place in our lives.