Meaning of technosexual | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.
   not-comparable
2. Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media.
   not-comparable

Examples

“[…] Women of the time were constructed to be the technosexual Other, robot-like & programmable, as in Fritz Lang's film Metropolis (1927). Other images of women as sex machine in film & literature of the time are described. […]”

“By contrast, women artists who considered the theme of the mannequin-woman precisely undermined this form⟳ of elision between women on the street and the idealised technosexual forms of woman displayed in magazines, shop⟳ windows and on advertising poles.”

“It is a technosexual dominance marked by order⟳, control⟳, and precision, one which seeks to reduce⟳ the Other to disorder, chaos, and destruction through discourses of homophobia and masculinity.”

“Immediate fallout from the scandal included a call⟳ for the mayor's resignation from the city's 900-member municipal union and public embarrassment for Kilpatrick's wife and family as the tragic technosexual tale spread⟳ nationwide thanks to coverage in […] prominent media outlets.”

“They discuss⟳ the implications of online dating; online pornography; virtual sex in the fantasy worlds of Second Life and The Sims; and technosexual intercourse, an activity traditionally associated with phone sex but now embracing all manner of cyber-based connections such as "sexting" (sexually explicit text messaging) and erotic instant messaging.”

“Aiming at a slightly older crowd, Calvin Klein introduced a pair of perfumes for the "technosexual generation" — the company's phrase, not mine — named CK in2U. The ad campaign featured the lines "She likes how he blogs, her texts turn⟳ him on. It's intense. For right now."”

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