Wired News: Straining for Novel Positions: "These men are young enough to have found their first porn online rather than in their fathers' dens. Most people who explore online porn gradually extend their boundaries, becoming more adventurous and more accepting of varied sexual practices in their own lives as well as on screen. Maybe doing the butt with one or two other straight men is not as frightening to today's jocks as it would have been 10 years ago.
Because of the internet, we're starting to revise our ideas of what constitutes permissible sexual behavior in America. Married couples in the Bible Belt have discovered the joy of sex toys, and defend their right to purchase, own and use them. Many people who oppose gay marriage actually support same-sex civil unions. Online dating has made it possible to find sex -- and even love -- across political, cultural, linguistic and geographical borders.
Anyone who worries that a particular desire is unnatural, deviant or freakish can go online and connect with people all around the world who share those desires, soothing or eliminating the fear of being alone and outcast. And straight men can wrestle naked in the mud without getting beaten up at school the next day.
What a wonderful time in which to be a sexual being."
