Sex robots spark rise of men who will only sleep with dolls

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The craze for sex robots will lead to a growing number of men whose only sexual and romantic relationships will be with dolls, academics say. So-called “digisexuals” will shun human partners in favour of the new kind of virtual reality porn and customizable robots able to speak and interact.

The warning comes in a study of the growing use of sex dolls, including at the world’s first brothel staffed entirely by robots. Hi-tech sex dolls with realistic silicone skin and the ability to flirt and even simulate orgasms have become increasingly available. Psychotherapists should be prepared for more clients “participating in digisexualities,” a report by ethics researchers Neil McArthur and Markie Twist of the University of Manitoba says.

They write: “There is no question that sex robots are coming. Our view is that they will represent a different sort of sexual experience from what existing technologies offer. People will form an intense connection with their robot companions. These robots will be tailor-made to meet people’s desires and will do things that human partners cannot or will not do. For this reason, significant numbers of people will likely come to use robots as their primary mode of sexual experience. Many people will find that their experiences with this technology become integral to their sexual identity and some will prefer them to direct sexual interactions with humans.”

Sex doll technology has advanced in recent years as companies produce lifelike robots costing up to $26,000. Buyers can hand pick features such as face, hair and breast size. And the dolls are programmed to remember the owner’s birthday and favourite films and music. Some can be made to feel warm like real flesh and simulate an orgasm during sex.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/sex/sex-robots-spark-rise-of-men-who-will-only-sleep-with-dolls/news-story/cd588e0a55b66ee1331288bedaab137c

[a kennedy]

1. I guess this topic can be placed here......

[stevenleser]

2. Maybe that will reverse overpopulation.

Maybe it will also give an outlet to men who would otherwise engage in various inappropriate behaviors.
I’m not sure we should declare doom as a result of this just yet.

[Hekate]

7. I can certainly see a small downtick in population, but not significant enough to help the planet

I can also see some very unhappy women trying to relate to men whose interests are elsewhere -- but we've seen that before in human history.

Gaah. All the dystopian sci fi I read in my childhood is trying to come true at once. I hate it.

[LongTomH]

13. We're already below the replacement rate.

The replacement rate for the developed world is 2.1 children per couple. Developed countries are well below that; the average fertility rate for the US is 1.9. I expect the birth rate for millennials worldwide to trend lower due to the austerity imposed by conservative governments.

[Hekate]

22. And yet we have what? Seven billion humans on the planet? Appalling extinction rates for other...

...species? Millions of climate-change refugees already? An entire culture soon to disappear as the atolls of the South Pacific drown?

I cut my teeth on science fiction as a kid -- almost as soon as I could read. There was a distinct dearth of twee stories about fairies available, since the cardboard boxes of paperbacks Dad brought home from work were being shared around by adult men. Oh sure, there was some sword and sorcery, and I remember reading Fafrd and Grey Mouser with glee. But there was a real strain of post-WWII dark dystopian fiction as well, and deep down inside it stuck with me, decades later come back to haunt me. "Stand on Zanzibar" is one such about a catastrophically overpopulated Earth.

[Hekate]

3. Wrong forum?

[Xipe Totec]

4. Anything that gets them out of the gene pool is a good thing. nt

[AJT]

5. Oh great, more dehumanization of women.

[stevenleser]

9. Not sure women are actually involved in this. Nt

[jberryhill]

12. Not to mention that sex robots come in various genders

[tenderfoot]

14. As if actual women would lose sleep over such men

eom

[AJT]

23. Yeah, because none of them might have any positions of power, like managerial positions.

[stevenleser]

30. So we should be wary of people who use any such aids? Because the most popular aids for women

resemble men who have had everything cut away except their genitals.

[Matthew28]

6. Well,

If that is what they wish to do ...well, we're a free nation.

Whatever. lol

[rickford66]

8. I know a few men who never had even a girlfiend.

Not every guy has even acceptable looks. Givem a break. My wife passed away after 46 years together, I can't imagine all those years without her. Robots are getting real.

[jberryhill]

10. What horseshit

Guys will use just about anything to masturbate with, and that’s hardly new.

100 years ago, it was the knothole in the outhouse floor.

That’s why they kept the Sears catalog out there.

[SharonClark]

16. LOL!

[stevenleser]

32. And women have their own aids and have for a long time too.

If we are concerned about various aids "dehumanizing" the gender they were meant to resemble, we are going to have to get after a lot of women for using dehumanizing aids.

[NotASurfer]

11. Robosexuals?

What will your basic fundamentalist think?

[Trailrider1951]

15. O Brave New World

that has such people in it...

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. Don't date robots!

[sl8]

25. "Gee, Mavis, your house is across the street. That's an awfully long way to go for making out."

[Grassy Knoll]

18. If You Can You Program Them To Not Count Beers...

...Or Tell You To Leave The "Seat" Down, I'm In.

[Binkie The Clown]

19. Where were they when I was 18? They wait till I'm 72 and don't give a damn anymore!

Born too soon.

[Skittles]

20. you just know they won't clean them

GROSS!

[milestogo]

21. Evolved from men who will only sleep with models.

[Efilroft Sul]

24. How many of these men post on 4chan and are Rabid Puppies?

Probably all of them.

[DavidDvorkin]

26. Misleading headline; it's a prediction, not an actual study.

[flamingdem]

27. This might keep Trumpsters from breeding

[NBachers]

28. Roy Moore likes the one in the cheerleader outfit.

[Bradshaw3]

29. I used to watch the Jetsons during my puberty years

I really had a thing for that robot maid.

[lagomorph777]

31. Given how life's worked out,

that would have been a much smarter choice for me.