Sex chat: it doesn't get closer than this

Participants can strip completely and then walk into one of the many chat rooms. VIP access costs US $20 per month

Participants can strip completely and then walk into one of the many chat rooms. VIP access costs US $20 per month
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Gone are the times when the sleaziest of chatting meant blowing XXXes and OOOs. A new online service lets you indulge in everything from the coolest positions in Kamasutra to kinky foreplay, provided, of course, your partner and pocket consent.

Sex shots: There are three kinds of sexual partners one can choose from friend, sex worker (pay and please) and lesbian/gay

Red Light, as the Web chat service is called, allows you to assume a life-like avatar and make your most forbidden virtual fantasies come true. Though many social networking sites have introduced 3D chats, what makes this one different is that it allows the user to have a full-fledged sexual intercourse with his or her "friends". What's more, with a VIP access that costs you US $20 per month, you can avail of additional customisation of your avatar, XXX adult content, private messaging, sex animations, 'complete' access and more.

There's nothing hushy or mushy about it. Right at the outset, participants can strip completely, and then walk into one of the many chat rooms: Alley, Lagoon, Cam Girl and even Gay Alley. There, they can meet up with others and get as close and candid as possible. Apart from provisions to flirt and express your emotions anger, disappointment, love, laugh there's the option of indulging in actions like hugging, kissing, sitting down on knees, and of course, more intense, arousing ones.

There are three kinds of sexual partners one can choose from friend, sex worker (pay and please) and lesbian/gay. Once the other party has consented, there's an explicit spread of things to do: female oral, hand job, masturbate, pole dancing, suspended sex, and group sex, too. The positions include 69, cuddle, machine cowgirl and strap-on sitting. Users like Liefie23, who introduces herself as a 23-year-old from Holland on the portal, are floored. "There's lots of sex with several options. What more could one want?"

Dress up before dressing down
The VIP membership also allows you to send private messages, live in a private apartment and customise your avatar extensively. From costumes to tattoos and piercing, the options of experimenting are abundant, and indulgers can visit the many virtual bars and nightclubs, smoke weed, eat mushrooms, sip beer, and even take an ecstasy tablet.

Stay away, say shrinks
While the portal marks a new era in progressive porn, it has its downside, say psychologists. "Such a service can destroy your relationship with a real-life partner, and cause serious mental delusions. It may stimulate for a while, but what you need in the end is the human touch. On the other hand, 3D titillation through things like these can confuse a person and trivialise sex, apart from misleading first-timers when it comes to an understanding of sexual relation. It can also cause massive guilt, because it has nothing to do with warmth or friendship as on other chat platforms. It might not hurt once a while, but addiction can be devastating," warns Arti Anand, consultant clinical psychologist, Ganga Ram Hospital.

Though it's mentioned in the portal that one should be above 18 years to access it, there are no checks to keep kids away.

Pallavi Barthakur Gillani, clinical psychologist, says accessing such chat portals leave a very adverse effect on a kid's mind.

"On most such sites, members are asked to verify their age by submitting documents, and if this portal is not doing that, it is very wrong. Children below 18 years already have a lot of exposure to such things and this could hamper their education and upbringing," said Gillani.