Sex On Screen: Women, Technology and Sexualization

多年来，女性性行为的表现一直是一个重要的公共辩论领域，也是政治激进主义的焦点，在关键时刻成为女权主义本身的象征。在当代的气候下，声称女性对性的兴趣前所未有的说法已经变得司空见惯。性产品正积极地向新的女性受众推销，面向女性的性商店也在激增。钢管舞、色情写作和高级性技巧等色情艺术构成了妇女课堂、派对和其他有组织活动的基础。色情已经成为一种女性流派，据称女性越来越多地消费色情作品。在广告和杂志文化、电视剧和新兴的性咨询行业，一系列更主流的媒体文本和休闲活动也越来越多地对女性进行性别化。新媒体和通信技术的发展使各式各样的性材料前所未有地容易获得，此外，也为网络性行为等性接触提供了新的安全空间。有人争辩说，这种安全的访问对于过去活跃的性兴趣受到限制、羞辱和经常受到惩罚的女性来说特别重要。该项目专注于女性如何在线表示和执行性行为，并锁定网站、聊天室、讨论板和性网站。因此，它对这一领域的工作作出了重大贡献，并为今后的研究铺平了道路。这项研究的结果将对媒体和传播学以及性别和性行为研究的学者和学生有价值。它也将对政策制定者、妇女组织和对新媒体感兴趣的普通公众具有价值。

For years, the representation of women's sexuality has been an area of significant public debate and a focus for political activism, becoming at key moments emblematic of feminism itself. In the contemporary climate, claims that women are interested in sex as never before have become commonplace. Sex products are aggressively marketed to a new female audience and sex shops for women are proliferating. Erotic arts such as pole dancing, erotic writing and advanced sexual techniques form the basis of classes, parties and other organized activities for women. Erotica has become established as a women's genre and it is claimed that women increasingly consume pornography. A range of more mainstream media texts and leisure activities are also increasingly sexualized for women; in advertizing and magazine culture, in television drama and in the burgeoning sex advice industry. Developments in new media and communication technologies have made all kinds of sexual materials accessible as never before, and in addition, have provided new, safe spaces for sexual encounters such as cybersex. It has been argued that this safe access is of particular significance for women for whom active sexual interest has in the past been restricted, stigmatized and often punished.This project focuses on the ways in which women represent and perform sexuality online in 'camgirl' and pin up sites, chat rooms, discussion boards and sex sites. It therefore represents a major contribution to work in this area and paves the way for future study. The outcomes of this research will be of value to academics and students in media and communication studies and in gender and sexuality studies. It will also be of value to policymakers, women's organizations and the general public interested in new media.