The Internet and sexuality: A literature review--1983?-?2002

Internet sexuality has burst upon the scene in the last decade. Actually, articles concerning sex and the net have appeared since 1983 albeit sparsely. Serious theoretical considerations did not begin to be published until the mid-1990s and the initial research began to arrive after that. The trickle became a river. With the turn of the century, the river became a flood with five books being published in 2001. This article contains a review of the relevant literature over a 20-year period (1983-2002). Reviews of the literature are the basis of informed hypotheses and meaningful research and can assist clinicians in their understanding and integration of theory and fact in their interventions.