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Naked on the Internet: hookups, downloads, and cashing in on Internet sexploration. By A. Ray, New York, NY: Seal Press, 2007

Naked on the Internet: hookups, downloads, and cashing in on Internet sexploration. By A. Ray,... Int. J. Appl. Psychoanal. Studies 7: 90–93 (2010) DOI: 10.1002/aps Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Book Review and Commentary FREEDOM The internet gives women a sense of freedom to explore sexuality. It allows women to look for pornography without having to go to a video store and deal with sleazy looks or comments from the desk clerk and other clients. Women then have the freedom to explore their fantasies and others’ fantasies in the privacy of their computer screens. A woman can do this exploration by herself or it can be an interactive experience. Naked on the Internet describes how the worldwide net of information and telecommunication feels liberating and even therapeutic to many women. Very much like in journals, women can “blog” about their lives, dreams, and fantasies. The fact that others might access these thoughts and might even respond is acceptable and mostly welcomed. The unspeakable has now become speakable, the unconscious more or less conscious. However, the freedom provided by the Internet, as freedom in any other realm, has its consequences. Women who open up about their sexuality on the Internet are still faced with stigma and taboos from society, their own http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Wiley

Naked on the Internet: hookups, downloads, and cashing in on Internet sexploration. By A. Ray, New York, NY: Seal Press, 2007

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Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Int. J. Appl. Psychoanal. Studies 7: 90–93 (2010) DOI: 10.1002/aps Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Book Review and Commentary FREEDOM The internet gives women a sense of freedom to explore sexuality. It allows women to look for pornography without having to go to a video store and deal with sleazy looks or comments from the desk clerk and other clients. Women then have the freedom to explore their fantasies and others’ fantasies in the privacy of their computer screens. A woman can do this exploration by herself or it can be an interactive experience. Naked on the Internet describes how the worldwide net of information and telecommunication feels liberating and even therapeutic to many women. Very much like in journals, women can “blog” about their lives, dreams, and fantasies. The fact that others might access these thoughts and might even respond is acceptable and mostly welcomed. The unspeakable has now become speakable, the unconscious more or less conscious. However, the freedom provided by the Internet, as freedom in any other realm, has its consequences. Women who open up about their sexuality on the Internet are still faced with stigma and taboos from society, their own

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Published: Mar 1, 2010

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