SEX. Do I have your attention now? Good. Read on.

If you have ever ventured into the land of Chat Roulette, chances are that you will have seen a dude in a really compromising position.

With the birth of the Internet came the invention of a million and one ways to access sexual content. Whether it's photographs, Mills & Boone for the Net Geners, or letting anyone with a webcam watch you engage in some serious self-loving, as a community the Internet has exposed the truth about humans: they think about sex a fair amount.

As a new form of community, the Internet has also forced the invention of new ways for the people of its community to interact with one another and their new environment. One of these interactions which has made the transition from physical to digital space is sexuality.

Sexuality is the human desire to be intimate with others, and to express this intimacy physically. Often this can be difficult, as the propensity to trust another human is not something that one can force. Trust boundaries between people can be something of an obstacle for intimacy to be achieved.

In the Digital Age, however, these boundaries are broken down when people interact over digital space, as they are removed from the physical presence of the person they are trying to create intimacy with. There is an argument that intimacy is only imagined when people are not in the same physical space, as the element of touch is missing, but cybersex is a stress on the importance of fantasy and the independence of a person created by, ahem, a little 'self-love'.

Cybersex could be a viable solution to many problems of 'actual' sex. Often the most difficult part of any sexual act is the mutual anxiety about anticipating how the other person will respond to certain things, which breeds an atmosphere of worry and fear- the exact opposite of what sex is supposed to achieve.

Cybersex also removes the potential for STIs and unwanted pregnancy, not to mention the Awkward Morning After Dance, or person-shaped hole in your bedroom wall/car door.

And the best part would be that the other person can't see the funny faces you might make.

As long as you're anonymous, huh.