Digital Health Diagnosed Episode 10: Sex Tracking with Sex-Tech Expert Dr. Rebecca Saunders dives into the intriguing realm of consent apps, sex, and intimacy tracking!!!
Host Dr. Rachael Kent and Dr. Saunders explore the intersection between desire, quantifying pleasure, and tracking sex uncovering how technology is shaping our experience and understanding of intimacy.
We discuss the opportunities and problematic justification for consent apps, when data might hinder our sexual experience or for those with sexual trauma, how these tools might provide a valuable and supportive tool for intimacy.
Dr Rebecca Saunders is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Society at Cardiff University, in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture.
Her research focuses on body politics, and the impact of digital technologies on sexual culture and labor. Her first monograph Bodies of Work: the Labour of Sex in the Digital Age analysed how information and attention economies have impacted the evolution of pornographic film: both heteronormative, misogynistic output from major studios and trans and queer pornography.
Her recent publications and current research project looking at the phenomenon of ‘sex tech’, such as sex tracking apps and smart sex toys.
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