“I never really thought about it being connected to the Internet,” she said. “As a Gen Z, I feel like sex is already so tied to technology that it didn’t feel weird to have something a little more technological than just watching something online. “
While the pitch for products like Lovense and WeVibe, another popular brand of remote-controlled vibrators and stimulation rings, may seem obvious — to create pleasure — most of the latest sex tech often has a more ambitious goal in mind. Make Love Not Porn, a user-generated social sex platform, aims to eradicate unrealistic standards created by hard-core pornography by showing unrehearsed, consensual and “real-world” sex, said Cindy Gallop, founder of the business and seasoned sex educator.
Meanwhile, products like the VDOM, a wearable genital prosthesis that can go from flaccid to erect using a smartphone app, are aimed less at fetishists than at LGBTQ users and people with disabilities who may want to forget about the process of attaching a device. strap-on, according to its founder.
“My lifestyle is that of a person who identifies as a lesbian woman,” said Glenise Kinard-Moore, 39, director of SkiiMoo Tech, the company behind VDOM. “Sometimes there’s just no spontaneity. I did some research and figured there must be an alternative.
Identifying opportunities in the sexual wellness market – a relatively new category – and then creating practical technology to fill them seems to be a particular sex tech trend of late. Yet mainstream depictions of sex technology seem to revolve primarily around AI partners and VR porn. On social platforms like Instagram and
“The perception of sex tech is: Oh, you can stay in a room with headphones on and, you know, do whatever you want,” says Ariél Martinez, 32, chief curator of Make Love Not Porn . “But we’re really trying to connect people to their humanity.”
