90 m. ago Cyber brothels, AI girlfriends, and VR intimacy: How worried should we be about the sex tech industry?

No kids, no animals. But inside Europe’s first cyber brothel, which uses a combination of sex dolls and AI to cater to its users’ demands, pretty much anything else goes. Olivia Petter explores the growth of today’s new tech-augmented sex scene, and asks what the rise in AI bots and cyber sex means for the future of human relationships.

Politics

45 h. ago This Morning hosts question 'sex surrogates' from controversial Channel 4 show

Virgin Island has divided viewers as the individuals team up with sex therapists to learn intimacy

Politics

2 d. ago Virgin Island cast strip nude during bold new scenes as stunned viewers gasp 'is this Naked Attraction?!'

The Channel 4 show follows a group of 12 adults - who have never had sex - as they head to an island in Croatia to explore intimacy with help from sex experts.

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3 d. ago Virgin Island cast strip naked during bold new scenes as viewers compare it to another racy reality TV show

The Channel 4 show follows a group of 12 adults - who have never had sex - as they head to an island in Croatia to explore intimacy with help from sex experts.

Culture

3 d. ago Virgin Island takes VERY racy turn as expert straddles star for steamy kiss in bid to conquer 'fear of intimate touching'

The new programme, which hit our screens earlier this month, sees a group of 12 adults - who have never had sex - head to an island in Croatia to explore intimacy with help from sex experts.

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3 d. ago Virgin Island takes VERY racy turn as expert straddles star for steamy kiss in bid to conquer 'fear of genitals touching'

The new programme, which hit our screens earlier this month, sees a group of 12 adults - who have never had sex - head to an island in Croatia to explore intimacy with help from sex experts.

Politics

1 week ago Channel 4’s Virgin Island sparks viewer backlash over ‘creepy’ scenes

The show centres on 12 adults, all virgins aged between 22 and 30, who are sent to a luxury Mediterranean island for two weeks to work with sex and intimacy experts

Politics

2 w. ago ‘My body deserves pleasure’: is Virgin Island the most awkward TV sexperiment ever?

Twelve virgins, one island and a team of sex therapists who encourage participants to pleasure them Channel 4’s new show is eye-popping TV. The stars talk fruity games, panic attacks and intimacySex seems to be everywhere – in TV and films, the quagmire of porn online – but young people are increasingly not getting it in real life. The Next Steps longitudinal study following more than 16,000 people, by University College London, found that one in eight 26-year-olds still hadn’t had sex.Hence Channel 4’s new show, Virgin Island, which depicts a two-week “radical retreat” led by sexologists Danielle Harel and Celeste Hirschman and a team of experts. The 12 participants are all virgins, and their varied issues around physical intimacy are explored via therapies that include sex coaches stripping naked and encouraging participants to pleasure them. The hope being that sex might be something they get to experience in the next fortnight. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago This is how we do it: ‘We don’t need sex for intimacy – we walk around naked, kiss and flirt’

Lucy and Kyra have accepted that their libidos differ – and their sex life ebbs, flows and evolves accordingly How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyAs it takes Kyra a long time to climax, we usually have sex on the weekend – it takes up a Saturday morning Continue reading...

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3 w. ago This is how we do it: ‘I’m from an evangelical Christian family and didn’t know what an orgasm was till I was 24’’

Amelia and Ben waited until after marriage to have penetrative sex. Now, initiating intimacy makes her feel powerful and liberatedHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyI’m heartbroken for my young self and angry at how much fear I had around feeling sexual Continue reading...

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