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Cloning for reproduction? Virtual sex for recreation? Erotic adventures on the Internet? But all software and no hardware? All pleasure and no intimacy? Is something missing here? Sex already pervades modern life, transforming values and changing morals. Now what happens when technology multiplies sexual options and accelerates sexual shifts? What’s the impact on personal relationships and social cohesion? To assess the future of sex, we must understand the nature of sex.

Participants: Abramson, Bullough, Stock, Penner, Penner

 

	Paul Abramson is recognized as one of the leading authority on human sexuality in the U.S. He is professor of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and is the foremost practitioner of forensic sexuality, which includes his work as an expert witness in large-scale, public policy litigation involving sex. He is the author of many books, including With Pleasure: Thoughts on Human Sexuality and Sexual Nature, Sexual Culture.
	Vern Bullough is a medical historian who specializes in the history of sex, sexual practices and taboos, and the diverse groups of "sex workers.". He has been professor at several universities (Buffalo, USC, Cal State at Northridge) and has written over 50 books, including Sexual Attitudes: Myths & Realities, Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, and Frontiers of Sex Research.
	Gregory Stock is Director of UCLA’s (University of California at Los Angeles) Program on Medicine, Technology and Society where he focuses on transformational technologies such as genetic engineering. Trained in both biophysics and business, he is the author of Metaman: The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism. An earlier book exploring values, The Book of Questions, has sold over 2 million copies and translated into 15 languages.
	Cliff & Joyce Penner are internationally recognized sexual therapists, educators and speakers. They have written eight books including Men and Sex (winner of the Christian Booksellers Association Gold Medallion), 52 Ways to Have Fun, Fantastic Sex, and What Every Woman Wants Her Husband to Know About Sex.
	Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator and host of the Closer To Truth television series and author of the Closer To Truth book. Trained in brain research (Ph.D. UCLA), he has published more than twenty books, including the Handbook for Creative and Innovative Managers and the seven-volume Library of Investment Banking. He is the president of The Geneva Companies, a leading merger and acquisition firm for private, middle market businesses.
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