"it's not all unicorns and sunflowers"

[The Straight Story]

Imagine All the People, Loving in 3-D
07.06.07 | 2:00 AM

How many times have you heard people utter contradictory convictions in the same breath without their noticing they were doing so?

My favorite is the ridiculous, "We have to stop those lazy immigrants from taking our jobs." Another common one is, "Lawyers are slimy, evil bastards. I hope my kid goes to law school (or marries a lawyer)."

We have a lot of funny-but-not-ha-ha-funny oxymora in sex, too, and a recent study by professor Juan Carlos Sierra Friere of the University of Granada has reminded me of one of the most common misconceptions we (still!) cling to about sex and technology.

"An active erotic imagination -- sexual fantasy -- is key to a great sex life," say the sexuality experts.

"People who play out sexual fantasies online are weird, perverted loners who can't maintain healthy sexual relationships (or even get laid) in real life," say the media and the masses.

Curiously, people who have actually involved themselves in some form of sex online rarely subscribe to that belief. We know it's not all unicorns and sunflowers (not that there's anything wrong with that), and we also know it's not nearly as simple as the rest would have us believe.

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/07/sexdrive_0706

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