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The 25 Most-Read Inverse Culture Stories of 2017

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Looking back on 2017 is probably not something most of us are prepared to do just yet. That being said, taking a glance at the year’s most-read Culture stories definitely reads like a greatest hits on what captivated our attention in this most crazy of years.

Above the cacophony of Trump gaffs and Twitter feuds, Inverse readers gravitated towards stories that could satisfy their curiosities about this big weird world. From the political (can you legally punch a Nazi?) to the whimsical (what is tentacle porn?), Inverse readers had a lot of questions in 2017. And as technology continues to move at a speed that we can barely keep up with, readers also wanted to know about how apps, AI and the internet at large is affecting our social lives — and our sex lives.

Here are the 25 Culture stories that Inverse readers loved in 2017.

25. Why the Internet Turned on Vine and YouTube Star Jake Paul

By Emily Gaudette

An adult’s guide to the young Vine star who has matured into a weird — and problematic — Youtube celebrity.

24. 8 Surprising Images That Were Banned From Instagram

By Grace Scott

When it comes to what imagery is too sexual or explicit for Instagram, female bodies seem to get caught in the crossfire of the debate over what’s appropriate to post online. These images, many of which appear to be quite benign, were still too controversial for the social media platform.

23. A 95-Year-Old “Real Life Tomb Raider” Isn’t a Hero, She’s a Thief

By Rae Paoletta

Joan Howard spent the ‘60s and ‘70s pilfering historical artifacts from the Middle East. Several archaeologists told Rae Paoletta about why Howard’s activities were highly unethical, likely illegal, and deeply offensive.

Artist Isaac Kariuki had this portrait of a woman with a cellphone taken down from his Instagram.

22. ‘Get Out’ Fans Will Love Jordan Peele’s Viral Tweet About Trump

By Paige Leskin

Jordan Peele made a perfectly-meta dig at Donald Trump over Twitter.

21.How to (Legally) Punch a Nazi Who’s Threatening You

By Katie Way

Civil rights lawyer and activist Dan Siegel spoke to Inverse about the legal parameters of self-defense and Nazis.

20. The Librarian Behind This Tough Topics Poster Says It Will Hang Indefinitely

By Nick Lucchesi

The person responsible for a sign directing teens to books on tricky topics, from abusive relationships to acne, tells us why it’s important that kids get the information they’re sometimes afraid to ask for.

19. Why Google is Celebrating 131 Years of the ‘Essential’ Hole Punch

By Mike Brown

When Google chose to highlight Dutch designer Gerben Steenks in a November doodle, it gave us the perfect excuse to school readers on the fascinating history of the hole punch. It’s actually very interesting!

This poster that helps young people find literature on the more awkward of topics went viral on Reddit.

18. States and Cities Where Weed Won This November

By Sarah Sloat

The November election was a game-changer for marijuana activists, as legislators in favor of legalization were voted in across the board.

17. The Right Hates That Vogue Cover Because They Still Own Patriotic Imagery

By Emily Gaudette

Jennifer Lawrence’s Vogue cover caused a stir back in August as hardline conservatives argued that the background use of the Statue of Liberty was a cryptic dig at President Trump’s immigration reform. Yes, really.

16. New Study Reveals Bartenders, Casino Workers Most Likely to Get Divorced

By Emily Gaudette

Unfortunately, data tends not to lie.

15. Sex Doll Brothel Opens Up in Barcelona

By Cory Scarola

Claiming to be the first of its kind, a sex doll brothel opened up in Spain early in the year. Obviously we decided to write about this, as well as expound upon whether you can get an STI from a sex doll.

LumiDolls, the world’s first sex doll brothel, captured readers’ attentions in 2017.

14. Most Americans Still Lie About How They Want Their Steak

After it was revealed that Donald Trump likes his steak disturbingly well done, we decided to look into how the rest of America enjoys their sirloin. It turns out we don’t like it on the rare side either.

13. The White House Website Under Trump No Longer Has a Spanish Option

By Nick Lucchesi

As the Trump presidency dawned upon America back in January of 2017, people were paying close attention to how government websites might change under new hands. It didn’t take long for the Spanish language option to disappear from WhiteHouse.gov.

12. Watch the Founding Fathers’ Descendants Gather in One Room

By Emily Gaudette

In honor of Independence Day, Ancestry.com gathered living descendants of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence together. For a commercial. Emily Gaudette explores the complicated — and problematic — history behind the advertisement.

11. The Latest Optical Illusion Stumping the Internet Is This Photo of Strawberries

By Gabe Bergado

It didn’t end with the dress. Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a professor of psychology at Ritsumeikan University in Japan, created an image that got the internet seeing red.

This strawberry image boggled minds across the internet in February.

10. JFK Conspiracy Theorists Are About to Receive the Motherlode

By Emily Gaudette

When it was announced that the remainder of the JFK files were to be released, conspiracy theorists had a hey day. We theorized on what new information might come to light — and what probably wouldn’t.

9. Power Outages Coincide in LA, New York, and San Francisco

By Cory Scarola

The trippy coincidence occurred back in April and captured the nation’s attention. We investigated.

2018? 2019? Place your bets.

8. Trump Impeachment Odds Now at 60 Percent

By Jame Grebey

Well, at least as far as an Irish betting house is concerned. Betting odds favoring Trump’s impeachment skyrocketed after Trump dismissed FBI Director James Comey and became embroiled in the investigation into Russian meddling.

7. When and How Do Most Americans Lose Their Virginity?

By Emily Gaudette

It’s actually a pretty loaded question and depends very much on what you personally define as virginity. We parsed through the data.

6. The 21 Best Subreddits for Free, Creative Porn

By Emily Gaudette

Reddit is the go-to place to talk about and share just pretty much anything, including porn. Emily Guadette details some of the best subreddits out there.

Tentacle porn made a splash on Twitter thanks to Kurt Eichenwald.

5. A Helping Hand for Finding Great Tentacle Porn Online

By Emily Gaudette

A deep dive (no pun intended) into the slimy, sexy world of tentacle porn, including its origin and history. Inspired by an “accidental” tweet from Vanity Fair’sKurt Eichenwald of tentacle porn, we felt the internet could use a primer on the genre as Eichenwald’s tweet subsequently went viral.

4. Trump’s Tweets Just Went From Bad to Unconstitutional: Here’s Why

By Monica Hunter-Hart

Back in the summer it looked as if President Trump’s bombastic twitter habits were about to land him in the legal hot seat. It didn’t exactly happen, but as we enter 2018 with the President still glued to his feed, anything is possible.

3. What is Saraha?

By Katie Way

In 2017, we had a lot of questions about the app that seemed to go viral overnight, Saraha. Deriving its name from the Arabic word sarahah, which translates to “honesty” or “candor,” the app lets its brave users send and receive messages anonymously, for better or for worse.

Netflix’s Dear White People.

2. People Are Canceling Their Netflix Accounts Because of ‘Dear White People’

By Gabe Bergado

Oh brother. Throughout a year of outrage, the trailer for Dear White Peopleprompted white supremacists to decry Netflix’s “anti-white agenda.” The reason? The trailer showcases the show’s protagonist, black college student Sam White, stating that white students shouldn’t dress up in blackface on Halloween.

1. Pornhub Released a Detailed Map of the World’s Porn Interests

By Cory Scarola

Inverse readers seem to be really curious about porn, because this story was read more than any other in 2017. So where in the world do women watch the most porn? And why do Americans want to watch sexy videos that are Overwatch-themed? We don’t know… but Pornhub has dug up the data, along with so much more about our carnal interests.

Sex Robots Are Being Made To Replace Men By 2025

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Sex robots are coming. There is no question about it. We’re not talking about blow up sex dolls or realistic vaginas or dildos nor are we talking about robots with metals and plastics exposed but sex robots modeled after humans. A working sex robot would be a huge technological breakthrough, especially if it has artificial intelligence, but not without backlash, which we’re already seeing plenty of.

One the one hand, sex robots promote the idea of sexual freedom. If someone wants to get off on or get it on with their sex robot, shouldn’t they be able to? But on the other hand, would sex robots be degrading to women? We say this because physically, the robot would probably have shiny long hair and an hourglass figure – perhaps a 25 inch waist, if not smaller, and C-cups, if not larger – and be completely subservient. And if men have access to a ‘woman’ that fulfills their needs more efficiently than the average woman, assuming that future generations are going to value efficiency as much as we do, wouldn’t this threaten real life relationships?

The short answer to all these questions is that is sex robots are a lot more complex than that. Here’s one way to look at it. Almost all of the questions above have an underlying heteronormativity. We are living in an age that is increasingly open to sexual fluidity so we cannot assume, first of all, that men are the only ones who would be interested in sex robots. We also cannot assume that the ones who are would be interested in female bodied sex robots. One last thing. These questions also seem to be lacking any faith in romance and intimacy, you know, the warm blooded kind.

I guess we’ll just have to see what happens. In the meantime, check out what we do know about sex robots so far, mainly those being created by Matt McMullen at Abyss Creations, LLC, including what some experts and netizens think of them.

RealDoll Sex Toys

Before we get into sex robots, let’s take a look at the RealDoll, the ‘first silicone sex doll with a completely accurate, fully articulated skeleton.’ The RealDoll was created by Matt McMullen and is manufactured by Abyss Creations, LLC just outside of San Diego. And yes, you can actually have sex with them.

According to the official RealDoll website, here’s what sex with one feels like:

‘When penetrated, a vacuum is formed inside the doll’s entries which provides a powerful suction effect. This effect is strongest in the RealDoll’s oral entry. Some of RealDoll’s users have reported intense orgasms due to this specific feature. If you are especially interested in oral sex with your doll, we recommend faces with larger mouths such as the faces 12 (Britney) and 16 (Gabrielle).’

They currently cost more than $5,000 each. There are also male and transsexual dolls available.

 

 

 

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Sex will be just for special occasions in the future as robots will satisfy everyday needs

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Robots will becoming more and more lifelike 

Sex between married couples will increasingly be saved for special occasions as robots step in to satisfy everyday needs, experts have predicted.

Use of artificial intelligence (AI) devices in the bedroom will be socially normal within 25 years, an international  robotics conference has heard.

Comparing sex robots to the rise of the ebook, Dr Trudy Barber, a pioneer in the impact of technology on sexual intercourse, said the machines would enable people to greater appreciate “the real thing”.

I think what will happen is that they will make real-time relationships more valuable and excitingDr Trudy Barber

Devices such as Rocky or Roxxxy True Companion can currently be bought for around £7,000, but advances in the field are predicted to make sex robots increasingly lifelike and affordable.

Speaking yesterday at the International Congress of Love and Sex with Robotics, Dr Barber said people’s growing immersion in technology means it was only a matter of time before it takes a mainstream role in sex.

“It could be that we are so busy with our lives, we are so embedded in our technological narrative that the idea of engaging in long-distance sex and robot sex is actually a natural process in our evolutionary cycle,” she said.

“I think what will happen is that they will make real-time relationships more valuable and exciting.”

However, AI experts have been warning that a generation of adolescents risk “losing their virginity” to humanoid devices and growing up with an unrealistic conception of sex.

In June leading scientist Dr Noel Sharkey, a former advisor to the UN, called on governments to prevent robotics being hijacked by the sex industry.

Inventor Douglas Hines with his True Companion sex robot
Inventor Douglas Hines with his True Companion sex robot 

But Dr Barber said the robots would effectively become an “extra human race”.

“The question is not “when will it become acceptable” but “when will we integrate”.”

“We are able to have so many colours on our sexual pallet now; I think we’d be daft not explore them.”

Questions that will face regulators involve how much data to allow robots to collect about their human partners and send back to their manufacturers.

Others include whether to legislate for purely passive robots, or to allow devices which entice humans to have sex, and whether robots would have to make clear that they are machines rather than humans.

Kate Devlin, computing expert at Goldsmiths, University of London, said it was probable future sex robots would be designed to learn their human partner’s sexual preferences to improve performance.

“Companion” devices such as the Pepper robot are being increasingly used to provide stimulation to elderly people, particularly in Asian countries such as Japan.

Created two years ago, the humanoid robot is designed with the ability to read certain emotions from analysing expressions and voice tones.

Scientists have said there is evidence the devices are being used by parents to keep their children company.

Professor Sharkey yesterday challenged the prediction that sex robots would become mainstream.

“Sex robots will be used within the next decade but it is doubtful if they will become a societal norm although surveys show that around 10% would be prepared to use them.

“They are more likely to be viewed as tools for masturbation although having a humanoid body may make a difference to the fantasy.

“Would you leave  your sex robot out if your mum came to visit?

“Prostitution has been around for thousands of years and yet has never been socially normalised.

“The problem is the same for both.

“With sex robots and prostitution, you are having a one way relationship with an object or a person that does not return your love except by pretence.”

Sex robots and virtual reality could stop paedophiles offending against real-life children say experts

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In the fight to treat sexual offenders against kids, child sex doll technology could be the key to satisfying their dark desires.

Japanese company manufactures lifelike child sex dolls for paedophiles

Trottla creates childlike sex dolls for those with paedophile tendencies

Paedophiles could be treated with sex robots and virtual reality to help stop them from offending against real live children, say experts.

The controversial opinion was floated by Japanese sex doll manufacturer Trottla, when the company founder said the dolls were part of accepting that there was no way to ‘change a person’s fetish’.

Shin Takagi’s solution was to create dolls resembling children as young as five for those who, like him, struggle with an ongoing sexual attraction towards children.

Academic Dr Kathleen Richardson from the Campaign Against Sex Robots has rubbished claims the dolls help deter offenders from targeting real children, claiming they actually exacerbate the problem because they ‘become proxy for paedophiles’.

But now one technology expert has claimed that offering dolls and robots like those described on prescription would be a way of protecting children.

Japanese company manufactures lifelike child sex dolls for paedophiles
Some believe that the use of dolls and robots for sexual activity will save real children. 

New Scientist reporter Aviva Rutkin has explored the arguments and says that there’s nothing to say such treatment couldn’t help stop paedophiles from committing crimes.

She attended a debate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab where robotics engineer at the Georgia Institute of Technology Ron Arkin said the provision of such dolls could offer an ‘outlet’ for the desires felt by sex offenders who target children.

It’s a new way of looking at treatment for those who are dealing with the urges, with many keen to seek help to stop themselves from offending.

According to Patrice Renaud – a psychologist at the University of Montreal, Canada – that institute’s experiments with people having sexual urges are best conducted using virtual reality ‘pornography’.

Japanese company manufactures lifelike child sex dolls for paedophiles
Those who are against the measures believe dolls and robots may soon not satisfy the sexual appetites of paedophiles

“Subjects are hooked up to an eye-tracker, an EEG brain monitor and a device that measures blood flow to the genitals, and then exposed to a sexual stimulus,” writesRutkin.

Those attracted sexually to children are shown the related VR, replacing morally questionable images which were supplied from police files and latterly audio descriptions, which proved to lack the intensity required for research.

“Paedophilia is something that’s very difficult to treat,” Renaud says. “You cannot change this sexual preference in itself as you can change a bad habit like smoking.”

An attendee wears an Oculus Rift HD virt
Virtual reality gadgets like Oculus Rift HD could be used to treat offenders

VR has been used to treat PTSD and phobias as well as schizophrenia, and Renaud has stated that it could be used – along with CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) to treat paedophiles.

Another researcher, Michael C Seto, told Rutkin that it might prove successful.

The director of the Forensic Research Unit at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group in Canada said: “It is possible that virtual child pornography content or other simulations such as child sex dolls or robots might be a safer outlet for at least some individuals who are sexually attracted to children.”

Experiments to find whether substituting tech alternatives help to quell paedophile desire are complex, not least because of the moral reaction against the topic, and the difficulty in finding those with desires involving children to take part.

 For Dr Richardson, the impact is crystal clear.

“”I don’t believe for one second that producing child sex dolls will do anything to stop paedophilia, and I know this because there’s already evidence for it,” she told Women’s Liberation Radio News.

“There are already so many child abuse images and they don’t stop, because it’s a perpetual desire to have control.”

Campaigners seek to ban humanoid ‘sex robots’

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Dr Kathleen Richardson said that human-like sex robots look too much like real women and may contribute to gender inequalities in society

An example of a sex robot

An example of a sex robot

We have so much technology at our fingertips nowadays, and what better use for the amazing scientific and technological knowledge we have than creating human-like sex robots?

Leading ethicist Dr Kathleen Richardson and fellow campaigners are concerned about the rise of sophisticated sex robots made to look like humans.

• The world’s most advanced sex dolls will soon be able to talk and think

“We oppose any efforts to develop robots that will contribute to gender inequalities in society”
Dr Kathleen Richardson

The Campaign Against Sex Robots states: “We believe in the benefits of robots and technologies to our society and human cultures, but want to ensure that robotics develops ethically and that we do not reproduce inequalities with their development that could further reinforce disturbing human lived experiences.

“We are not proposing to extend rights to robots. We do not see robots as conscious entities. We propose instead that robots are a product of human consciousness and creativity and human power relationships are reflected in the production, design and proposed uses of these robots. As a result, we oppose any efforts to develop robots that will contribute to gender inequalities in society.”

The New York Times reported on Matt McMullen, who is in the process of developing sex robots capable of speech. His prototype is Denise, who speaks to him in the video.

She says: “I have a lot of dreams, I dream about becoming a real person,”

She communicates her “hopes to become the world’s first sex robot,” slowly moving her plump, glossed lips and blinking vacantly. This is what campaigners want to ban, but tech enthusiasts hope will grow in sophistication.

McMullen is hoping to sell sex robots for £40,000, but they should get less pricey as the technology becomes more mainstream and less difficult to implement.

He thinks that they will be a good thing for our sex lives, and the fact is that as technology grows, humans will use it for sex.

Oculus Rift is an example of this – the virtual reality headset is expected to be used for porn, giving the user an “immersive experience”.

However, campaigners worry that having humanoid, realistic sex machines will make things worse for women in the real world, as the designs of the machines are obviously sexualised, and the robot women can’t answer back or say no.

They worry that this may desensitise people towards the wants and needs of real women.

However, others are excited by the technology