Rebooting an Old Script by New Means: Teledildonics—The Technological Return to the ‘Coital Imperative’

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Autor(a) principal: Faustino, Maria João
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/38080
Resumo: Teledildonics, a form of digital-mediated sexual interaction, opens new possibilities for the understanding of sexual activity. At first glance, it disrupts conventional preconditions and assumptions about sexual interaction, by allowing the dimension of touch despite the physical distance between partners and, ultimately, promoting a sexual dimension definitely disconnected from the reproductive model of sexuality. However, by scrutinizing the design and functionality of the devices, as well as the discourses presented by three commercial companies—LovePalz, Lovense and Kiiroo—I suggest that this technology reinforces the ‘coital imperative’, by equating sexual interaction with penetration of the vagina by the penis. Although permitting other formulations, specifically for non-heterosexual couples, the penetrative act remains a presupposition. In spite of structurally disrupting the reproductive model of sex, teledildonics promotes its strongest corollary.
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title Rebooting an Old Script by New Means: Teledildonics—The Technological Return to the ‘Coital Imperative’
spellingShingle Rebooting an Old Script by New Means: Teledildonics—The Technological Return to the ‘Coital Imperative’
Faustino, Maria João
Teledildonics
Coital imperative
Sexual interaction
Sex toys
title_short Rebooting an Old Script by New Means: Teledildonics—The Technological Return to the ‘Coital Imperative’
title_full Rebooting an Old Script by New Means: Teledildonics—The Technological Return to the ‘Coital Imperative’
title_fullStr Rebooting an Old Script by New Means: Teledildonics—The Technological Return to the ‘Coital Imperative’
title_full_unstemmed Rebooting an Old Script by New Means: Teledildonics—The Technological Return to the ‘Coital Imperative’
title_sort Rebooting an Old Script by New Means: Teledildonics—The Technological Return to the ‘Coital Imperative’
author Faustino, Maria João
author_facet Faustino, Maria João
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Faustino, Maria João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Teledildonics
Coital imperative
Sexual interaction
Sex toys
topic Teledildonics
Coital imperative
Sexual interaction
Sex toys
description Teledildonics, a form of digital-mediated sexual interaction, opens new possibilities for the understanding of sexual activity. At first glance, it disrupts conventional preconditions and assumptions about sexual interaction, by allowing the dimension of touch despite the physical distance between partners and, ultimately, promoting a sexual dimension definitely disconnected from the reproductive model of sexuality. However, by scrutinizing the design and functionality of the devices, as well as the discourses presented by three commercial companies—LovePalz, Lovense and Kiiroo—I suggest that this technology reinforces the ‘coital imperative’, by equating sexual interaction with penetration of the vagina by the penis. Although permitting other formulations, specifically for non-heterosexual couples, the penetrative act remains a presupposition. In spite of structurally disrupting the reproductive model of sex, teledildonics promotes its strongest corollary.
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