Porn or sexual therapy? A peek inside Madrid¡¯s first sex doll ¡°brothel¡±
A sexologist, an activist against sexual robots and the founder of this new business venture reflect on the ethical concerns raised by these hyper-realistic dummies
The development of hyper-realistic sex dolls and the future of sex robots is forcing society to consider a new form of sexuality and to reflect on how this affects women.
¡°It is just another sex toy, like a dildo or a whip,¡± says Daniel Garc¨ªa, co-founder of Luxury Agency Dolls, Madrid¡¯s first sex doll brothel and the second one to open in Spain after Barcelona.
¡°It¡¯s not like a dildo, because women do not do have an illegal sex industry where they are the main buyers of other people¡¯s bodies,¡± says Kathleen Richardson, who teaches a course called Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI at De Montfort University in Leicester, England.
¡°If we lived in a world without prostitution or pornography, I would have no problem with sex dolls,¡± adds Richardson, who is also the co-founder of the Campaign Against Sex Robots and who believes that these products further objectify female bodies.
Marl¨ªs Gonz¨¢lez, the vice-president of the non-profit group Sex¨®logos Sin Fronteras (Sexologists Without Borders), says she is concerned that society may be heading toward a more mechanized form of sexuality, but notes that sex dolls could have some therapeutic advantages. ¡°The doll is a sex toy, just like other toys that we are more used to.¡±
English version by Susana Urra. Subtitles by Simon Hunter.
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