Sex (and Sexuality) in the Future
POSTED BY: BlueBomber
UPDATED: Friday, November 30, 2007 15:36
VIEWED: 9271
PAGE 2 of 4
Silly silly British man.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
The distant future of sexuality is no sexuality, or asexuality. I can envision a future society where the very thought of physical contact with another person, or either gender, is totally replusive.
...but why would you want to?
"Mwah ha ha ha...mine is an evil laugh. Now die."
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Written SF is more likely to deal with sexuality (of the types we would call alternative or otherwise) than the screen variety. Mostly because of the lack of a rating's board I suspect.
My thoughts exactly. I imagine someone who keeps up with regularly printed sci-fi novels would be able to list a dozen stories and novels that deal with sexuality in the future. But as per sci-fi movies and tv shows, I think maybe a handful of STAR TREK episodes at best.
I think in terms of human sexuality in the future, I think eventually it'll become a non-issue. That the line between hetero and homosexuality will get so blurrry that it'll just be a blot. And that no one would raise an eyebrow if some macho guy sleeps around with both women and men. Maybe not for a few hundred years or so. But we will become an enlightened race in terms of our sexuality.
What I'm more interested in is interspecies relations. In STAR TREK you have all these, for lack of a better term, halflings. But by the time we're seeing it, the idea of interspecies couples have already been around and accepted. I'd like to see an alien version of GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER that really probes the notion of "Mom, Dad, this is my boy/girlfriend. He/she's a Martian/Klingon."
**************************************************
"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."
Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:One of the sillier parts of Science Fiction. We can't (nor do we generally want too) successfully breed with another species on our planet, even one's like chimps that are as close to Human as you can get, without being Human. In all reality any creature that evolved on another planet, would be totally unappealing to us sexually (and vice versa), and even if they weren't the chances of our genitals being compatible is astronomically unlikely. Assuming they even reproduce sexually.
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
What I'm more interested in is interspecies relations. In STAR TREK you have all these, for lack of a better term, halflings. But by the time we're seeing it, the idea of interspecies couples have already been around and accepted. I'd like to see an alien version of GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER that really probes the notion of "Mom, Dad, this is my boy/girlfriend. He/she's a Martian/Klingon."
But then, the whole thing is more of an analogy for interracial relationships anyway, it's just a really poorly thought out way of doing it.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
OK, so maybe I didn't put too much thought into it.
I'm just saying that if we're imagining a future where it doesn't matter if we're gay or straight, why not imagine a future where we have to stay in our own species to fall in love and find a mate to be with.
And there's a difference between getting it on with a species that has pretty much the same physiology as we do but maybe has a bumpy forehead or a ridged nose, and getting it on with a green tentacled BEM (that's bug eyed monster for those unfamiliar).
**************************************************
"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."
Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:The other really silly bit about Sci-Fi, how like us Aliens will be...
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
OK, so maybe I didn't put too much thought into it.
I'm just saying that if we're imagining a future where it doesn't matter if we're gay or straight, why not imagine a future where we have to stay in our own species to fall in love and find a mate to be with.
And there's a difference between getting it on with a species that has pretty much the same physiology as we do but maybe has a bumpy forehead or a ridged nose, and getting it on with a green tentacled BEM (that's bug eyed monster for those unfamiliar).
But there's loads of possibilities, Androids, Clones, Genetically engineered life forms. Anyone remember how one of the Blade Runner replicants was a 'basic pleasure model'?
Clones would be really weird "Hi mom, hi dad, this is my new boyfriend, me". Especially if you got something really Red Dwarf into the mix and had a female or male version of yourself made.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I actually think that in Firefly that Jayne might be bisexual because in the Doctor's quarters when River starts to tease him about his name, Jayne says he can show her that he has man parts, and after Simon says he couldn't think of a way Jayne could be cruder, Jayne pulled out a deck of cards and said he was going to show her a deck of cards. Why would Jayne have a deck of cards with man parts on it?
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I want clean sex, like in Demolition Man!
Fluids-free Chrisisall
I also remember the Orgasmitron used frequently in Sleeper. And the "orb". Looked like paradise to me until Miles came along and started a revolution.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
You're grasping at straws there. The "deck of cards" is separate from the "man parts" bit.
**************************************************
"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."
Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Actually I'd have gone with the Jaynes constant working out and raging labido as a cover for...
Unresolved feelings.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME