Virtual sex is a form of non-penetrative sex where two or more people gather together via some form of communications equipment to arouse each other by transmitting sexually explicit messages. Virtual sex describes the phenomenon, no matter the communications equipment used. Also called hot chat. Non-penetrative sex (also known as outercourse) is sexual activity without vaginal, anal, and possibly oral penetration, as opposed to intercourse. ...

• Cybersex is virtual sex over the Internet, including IRC, e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, role-playing games, etc.
• Phone sex is virtual sex over the telephone. People also have virtual sex via mobile phone text messages. The advent of cell phones with built-in digital cameras has undoubtedly added new dimensions to these activities.

Increases in Internet connectivity, bandwidth availability, and the proliferation of webcams have also had implications for virtual sex enthusiasts. It's increasingly common for these activities to include the exchange of pictures or motion video. There are companies which allow paying customers to actually watch people have live sex or masturbate and at the same time allow themselves to be watched as well. Recently devices have been introduced and marketed to allow remote controlled stimulation. Thus the distinctions between real and virtual sex may become increasingly blurred. Webcam Cybersex, computer sex, internet sex or net sex is a virtual sex encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely via a computer network send one another sexually explicit messages describing a sexual experience. ... IRC redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... // Instant messaging (IM) is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. ... A chat room or chatroom is a term used primarily by mass media to describe any form of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous conferencing. ... This article is about games in which one plays the role of a character. ... Phone sex refers to sexually explicit conversation between two or more persons via telephone, especially when at least one of the participants masturbates or engages in sexual fantasy. ... For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... A received SMS being announced on a Nokia phone. ... Look up digital camera in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A typical webcam Webcams are small cameras, (usually, though not always, video cameras) whose images can be accessed using the World Wide Web, instant messaging, or a PC video conferencing application. ...

Sociologists have compared virtual sex to being a cyborg, because a natural human activity (having sex) is being mediated by technology. Thus, in some sense, the technology becomes part of the person's identity. For other uses, see Cyborg (disambiguation). ...

This is a relatively new phenomenon although there are stories of telegraph operators exchanging sexually explicit messages at the fin de siecle (end of the century). Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ... Fin de siècle is French for End of the Century. The term turn-of-the-century is sometimes used as a synonym, but is more neutral (lacking some or most of the connotations described below), and can include the first years of a new century. ...

As with many other aspects of human sexuality this one is controversial, with opponents branding it as a form of pornography and often trying to infer some correlation to pedophilia and/or child pornography. There is not yet any clear consensus about the psychological implications of cybersex. As with other forms of paraphilia cybersex is scrutinized as a possible symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Meanwhile proponents are quick to point out that any activity can be symptomatic of OCD and that cybersex between or among consenting adults is essentially no different from any other form or erotica, pornography or sexual activity. This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... Porn redirects here. ... Pedophilia or paedophilia (see spelling differences) is the primary or exclusive sexual attraction by adults to prepubescent youths. ... Child pornography refers to pornographic material depicting children. ... Look up paraphilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... OCD redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Porn redirects here. ...

Risks

The chief risk of virtual sex is posed by pedophiles attempting to engage children in these activities and, conversely that police may be posing as juveniles in order to catch them. This is a different issue from child pornography, which involves the exploitation of minors in the production of pornographic material, rather than the exposure of children to such materials. Child pornography refers to pornographic material depicting children. ...

In any event the most significant risk posed by virtual sex is in establishing that all involved parties are consenting adults. In The Sims Online, an online roleplaying game, one scam was to entrap another player into having virtual sex with a minor, and use this for blackmail purposes. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... An image from World of Warcraft, one of the largest commercial MMORPGs as of 2004, based on active subscriptions. ... For the film, see Entrapment (film). ... For other uses, see Blackmail (disambiguation). ...

Of course other forms of harassment and exploitation are possible via any communications medium and there are stories of people who have been victimized in scams by succumbing to their emotions. (see links to Safety Guidelines below). Confidence Man redirects here. ...

Other

Virtual Sex also refers to the genre of CD-ROMS and DVDs directed by Joone and released by Digital Playground in which the viewer can "command" a famous porn actress by selecting from a menu of explicit scenes. Joone is an award winning director and producer of porn films and founder of the company Digital Playground. ... Digital Playground is a prominent pornographic movie studio headquartered in Van Nuys, California. ...

References

• Deuel, Nancy R. 1996. Our passionate response to virtual reality. Computer-mediated Communication: Linguistic, Social, and Cross-Cultural Perspectives, p. 129-146. Ed. by Susan C. Herring. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Philadelphia.

See also

• Teledildonics
• Massively Multiplayer Online Virtual Sex Game

Dildonics are electronic sex toys that can be controlled by a computer. ... A Massively Multiplayer Online Virtual Sex Game (MMOVSG) is a MMOG, that supports simulation of virtual sexual intercourse between Player characters. ...

External links

• Kids in Chat Rooms
• Cyberwatch: Online Dating and Cybersex
• Violet Blue: bluetooth vibrator, activated by text/SMS.
• Cyborgasms: Cybersex Amongst Multiple-selves and Cyborgs in the Narrow-bandwidth Space of American Online Chat Rooms - 1996 dissertation