Virtual sex is a phenomenon that has become increasingly common in today’s society. However, psychologists, sociologists, and physiologists have yet to come to a consensus on whether this practice is useful or dangerous for humans. To better understand why people prefer real partners to ghost lovers in virtual space, experienced psychologists can shed some light on the matter.
What is virtual sex?
Virtual sex, or “virt,” is a form of sexual relationship where communication and interaction occur through technical means of communication. Sexual pleasure takes place in a virtual space through the use of multimedia or text messages to stimulate sexual arousal. Virtual sex involves a lack of physical contact, with people physically distant from each other.
Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, and writer defines virta as improved technical conversations on intimate topics in his book “SEX: Real and Virtual.” The author suggests that virtual sex has completely changed relationships. In the network, men can play the role of women and vice versa, adolescents can present themselves as adults, married people may call themselves bachelors, prudes can become lechers, and the number of partners can be unlimited. Virt sex is sometimes confused with watching pornography, but while porn involves sexual fantasies, virtual sex involves at least two people communicating and influencing each other.
Varieties of Virtual Sex
Virtual sex can take on different forms, including:
1. Audio Virtual Sex.
Partners communicate by phone or IP telephony, sending each other audio stimuli such as words, intonations, and languishing sighs. People hear intonation, the reaction of the interlocutor to the statements, and the visual series is not available. In wirt on the phone, people build images in their imagination, allowing them to always have sex with the perfect partner.
2. Text Virtual Sex.
People communicate via text messages and chats, describing their own actions and engaging in a correspondence about the love game. Despite the fact that virtual sex involves a sexual partner, the important process remains the fantasy, not the person who is on the other side of the screen. The sexual goal is to create a coitus scene.
3. Webcam Virtual Sex.
Webcam virt sex allows people to see their partners, their actions, and the degree of sexual arousal. The excitement is enhanced by the fact of watching what happens on the other side of the screen. Webcam sex is the most open and dangerous form of expression, according to Elle.
Pros and Cons of Virtual Sex
In psychology and sexology, both the positive and negative aspects of virt sex are highlighted.
Advantages of Webcam Sex:
- No risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, hepatitis, or HIV
- Relief of sexual tension
- Development of sexual imagination and fantasy
- Removal of sexual distinctions
- Acquisition of sexual inner freedom
- Ability to hide complexes and shortcomings
- Training in new techniques and sexual experience
- Implementation of hidden erotic fantasies
Negative aspects of Virtual Sex:
- The partner may be a minor
- The person can record the session and put it online or use it as a means of blackmail
- The possibility of contacting a mentally ill, paedophile, maniac, or pervert
- Psychological risk
Scholars Christian Lyer, Jaro Pecal, and Mathias Brand explained in an article in PubMed that the longer the virtual game lasts, the more difficult it is for people in real life to maintain physical contact. Because virt sex requires a person to be much more emotionally engaged and emotionally invested, long-distance sexual communication can deprive a person of the motivation to find a real-life relationship. Relationship expert and author of books Julia Lanske believes that if a woman wants to build healthy relationships in real life, she should not consent to virtual sex.