After the intensity and novelty of cybersex, can sex with an ordinary long-term partner ever be just as good?
Cybersex gives the participant a concentrated dose of those early intensity-based days of sex in a new relationship. But cybersex has many drawbacks as well, and the price can be exorbitant. Alone with only the computer for company, cybersex participants are in fact isolated from real human contact. Cybersex objectifies the participants. They are often reduced to body parts. Real-life sex with a committed partner can evolve an intimacy that makes it much better than sex with one’s own hand and a picture on a screen. But real intimacy takes dedicated work, communication, and play.
Cybersex gives the participant a concentrated dose of those early intensity-based days of sex in a new relationship. But cybersex has many drawbacks as well, and the price can be exorbitant. Alone with only the computer for company, cybersex participants are in fact isolated from real human contact. Cybersex objectifies the participants. They are often reduced to body parts. Real-life sex with a committed partner can evolve into an intimacy that makes it much better than sex with one’s own hand and a picture on a screen. But real intimacy takes dedicated work, communication, and play.
