Gender and Relationship Questions Related to Cybersex

Cybersex - or sexual intimacy in a disembodied environment raises a host of new, difficult-to-answer questions:

• If a woman has cybersex with a man posing as a woman, is it heterosexual or homosexual behavior?
• If a man has cybersex with a man posing as a woman, is it heterosexual or homosexual behavior?
• If a homosexual has cybersex with another homosexual and later finds that the lover is, in fact, the opposite sex, how would it be classified?
• Is it adultery for a married person to have an online lover?
• Is it infidelity for a significant other to have an online lover?
• Is it promiscuity, deception, or appropriate behavior to conduct cybersexual affairs with several people at the same time?
• Can rape occur in cyberspace?
• Is it child abuse to unknowingly have cybersex with an underage (adolescent) partner?
• Is cybersex love?
• Do cybersex relationships stem from intimacy or narcissism?

What constitutes intimacy in the disembodied cybersexual environment?