Emily Witt

Emily Witt, periodista, colaboradora de distintos medios de comunicación de Nueva York, soltera y treintañera, explora a través de una serie de artículos las actitudes sexuales de nuestro tiempo. El sexo se ha diversificado más allá de las filias clásicas. Pornografía en internet, poliamor, subculturas sexuales de vanguardia… Witt se interna en la jungla de las nuevas posibilidades en torno al sexo y experimenta una mezcla de extrañeza, ridiculez y belleza. Opta por narrarlo todo de un modo abierto y honesto; pero sin descuidar nunca que, en realidad, tras la aparente accesibilidad de todo este nuevo universo, se esconde una realidad complicada y no siempre placentera. El amor se ha convertido en un fenómeno raro y se han roto las fórmulas tradicionales de una relación.

Emily Witt is single and in her thirties. She has slept with most of her male friends. Most of her male friends have slept with most of her female friends. Sexual promiscuity is the norm. But up until a few years ago, she still envisioned her sexual experience achieving a sense of finality, like a monorail gliding to a stop at Epcot Center. Like many people, she imagined herself disembarking, finding herself face-to-face with another human being, and there we would remain in our permanent station in life: the future.But, as we all know, things are more complicated than that. Love is rare and frequently unreciprocated. Sexual acquisitiveness is risky and can be hurtful. And generalizing about what women want or dont want or should want or should do seems to lead nowhere. Dont our temperaments, our hang-ups, and our histories define our lives as much as our gender?In Future Sex, Witt captures the experiences of going to bars alone, online dating, and hooking up with strangers. After moving to San Francisco, she decides to say yes to everything and to find her own path. From public health clinics to cafe conversations about coregasms, she observes the subcultures she encounters with awry sense of humour, capturing them in all their strangeness, ridiculousness, and beauty. The result is an open-minded, honest account of the contemporary pursuit of connection and pleasure, and an inspiring new model of female sexuality - open, forgiving, and unafraid.