How to make sex 'more awesome' using Google Glass

Would you wear a pair of Google glasses while having sex? Would being able to see what your partner is seeing make you more or less likely to? Sex with Glass, a new app in development for Google Glass, hopes the answer is yes.



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The power of ecstasy

Survival is a genetically coded imperative that is reflected in every part of our complex biological design. It is something that is encoded in our primitive reflexes, built in to our psychological make-up and hard wired to neurological circuits. The only thing that matches it in scope is pleasure.

It makes sense I suppose, for what would be the point if we didn't enjoy the act of procreation? It is in the moment of orgasm that we find how perfect we have been designed to ensure the survival of our kind. On the one hand it is a physical experience that triggers all the right conditions to ensure fertilization. On the other it is without argue the most pleasure that anyone can ever hope to share, so much so that people get addicted to it!

Until recently, our knowledge about sex and sexuality was scant, and limited to understanding it as an esoteric subject, most notably as tantra in the tantric texts. You'd think that such a strong instinctive drive would be worthy of abundant scientific scrutiny, but then you'd underestimate the power of social taboo.

With the world slowly coming round to the notion that sex is not a shame, there has recently been abundance of discovery, and no sooner did science jump the hurdle of infamy, than we were stopped in our tracks by the discovery that the mind of women 'tilt' when they reach orgasm.

According to a recent article in Scientific American the female brain show a muted response in the part of the brain that govern self control over basic desires, with a corresponding release of tension and inhibition. The area responsible for moral reasoning and social judgment and the area of the brain responsible for "extinction fear" and the storage of memories associated with emotional events appear to switch off during orgasm.

Women lose their moral reason, judgment and emotional ability with orgasm, and strange as it may sound, it is common sense to think that such a powerful flood of shared emotion would sweep away all obstacles to ecstasy.

All of which remind us when it comes to matters of the mind, we are still in virgin territory.

Have you unleashed your sexual beast?

One of the things that most people seem to have a problem with these days is sex, even if it is just not getting enough of it. To complicate matters even further it is a subject that is shrouded in forbidden mystery and social taboo, not to mention religious dogma and shamed memory. Considering the odds against, it is a wonder that sex is still practiced at all! 

I think the answer to this curious state we're in can be found in the design of the human body where a few things immediately become clear:

• At the age of puberty our bodies undergo a total transformation that specifically prepare us to actively participate in the open sex market.
• The transformation that occurs at the time of puberty is not limited to physical changes, but includes a total rewiring of the brain, and activation of a new prime directive. A directive that is so overpowering that it has been known to drive some people mad.
• Besides probination, mutual sexual engagement is without argue one of the most enjoyable experiences anybody can ask for, almost as if our bodies have been uniquely designed for pleasure.
• While our environment serves up a pretty tasty array of appetizers, it is a poor excuse for the real main course… The butt naked, burning flesh mutual rapture to be had in shared orgasm.

If you combine these design specifications with an overpowering prime directive of survival you have, what some would quite rightly consider to be, a loaded weapon. Just point and shoot, or in the case of the human sexual beast, point and sniff…

Considering the facts I suppose that all the social and religious taboo that remain in society could serve some kind of purpose, but that still does not give us any reason for guilt or shame. Isn’t it about time that we start to enjoy one of the most complex and intricate design features we are capable of, the ability of pleasure.

Sexual Confusion

Sexuality and sexual identity are probably two of the most misunderstood aspects of our psychosocial development due to the limited amount of research that has been done on the subject of sex. In the past ten years however, scientists have tried to make an effort to lift the veil of secrecy and taboo that has kept sexuality in the dark, and sexual identity in the closet.

But according to a recent article in ScienceDaily it seems as if the last decade of research still hasn't provided enough evidence to change the archaic and medieval views that people have about sex. And if it isn't bad enough that people still cannot freely enjoy one of the most primitive and pleasurable activities known to man, it is absolutely horrific to discover that some psychologists still believe that same-sex relationships are somehow wrong.

According to the article a staggering 4% of mental health professionals in the UK will still try and "cure" people who are attracted to same-sex partners, and an alarming 17% admit that they have "assisted" at least one individual to reduce their gay or lesbian feelings. According to Professor Michael King from the University College London, "There is very little evidence to show that attempting to treat a person's homosexual feelings is effective and in fact it can actually be harmful,".

Just how much harm these "treatments" could cause is not quite clear, but if we consider that a possible 10% of the human race could potentially qualify for "assistance" to suppress a basic natural instinct, the impact can be huge.

With arguments like, "Although homosexual feelings are usual in people, their physical expression, and being a person's only way of having sexual relations is problematic.", it seems as if these professionals are even more confused than the clients they proclaim to be helping. And when such a professional adds that "The physical act for male homosexuals is physically damaging and is the main reason in this country for AIDS/HIV. It is also perverse.", the argument becomes decidedly homophobic.

While it is true that "Children and young adults are more likely to be confused about their sexuality and to jump to conclusions (correct or otherwise) if unable to talk through their concerns.", it is also true that the sexual identity of a child is determined prior to them developing the capability of logical thought.

With our sexual identity fixed before we are able to make a choice about it, or any choice for that matter, the view that people who are " ...very unhappy about their sexuality" should be "assisted" to reduce their sexual desire sounds similar in nature to suggesting a frontal lobotomy for depression. Fortunately the argument that people that are feeling depressed should be "treated" by totally removing their ability was abandoned 5 score or more years ago. We can only hope that by exposing the archaic and harmful practices of some mental health professionals it will bring about the necessary impetus for change.

According to Professor King the best approach is to help people adjust to their situation, to value them as people and show them that there is nothing whatever pathological about their sexual orientation. With scientists like himself, that are not afraid of confronting members in his own profession we may just maintain the sanity we hold. And maybe, just maybe we could convince some more people that sex should be pleasurable and fun.