Sex dolls are nothing
new. In Japan, the company Orient Industry creates silicone based dolls
that can go for quite a pretty penny. Some of the dolls boast price tags
at nearly $10,000 USD! And customers are willing to pay. It’s a niche
market and for the right buyer, the cost is perfectly acceptable. Often
marketed under the name ‘Dutch Wives,’ these dolls are flooding the
international market.
new. In Japan, the company Orient Industry creates silicone based dolls
that can go for quite a pretty penny. Some of the dolls boast price tags
at nearly $10,000 USD! And customers are willing to pay. It’s a niche
market and for the right buyer, the cost is perfectly acceptable. Often
marketed under the name ‘Dutch Wives,’ these dolls are flooding the
international market.
Karley
works as a sex columnist for both Vogue and Vice. After seeing her male
doll, she reported: ‘I feel like I am on a Tinder date.’
‘It feels weird because it is so lifelike but it enters this space which feels uncomfortable.’
‘It feels like a real person who can’t respond to you.’
She explains: ‘It feels absolutely indistinguishable from a real person except that I am completely in control.’
‘You can’t have this experience having sex with a real person.’
If
this all seems a tad on the strange and creepy side, we understand.
It’s a very niche area. But at several international robotics
conferences, it’s predicted that artificial lovers will become more and
more prevalent in the bedroom over the coming decades.
this all seems a tad on the strange and creepy side, we understand.
It’s a very niche area. But at several international robotics
conferences, it’s predicted that artificial lovers will become more and
more prevalent in the bedroom over the coming decades.
Karley
remarked at the International Congress of Love and Sex with Robotics:
‘It could be that we are so busy with our lives, we are so embedded in
our technological narrative that the idea of engaging in long-distance
sex and robot sex is actually a natural process in our evolutionary
cycle.’
The documentary in which Karley explores the making and production of sex dolls can be found below:
Karley concludes, ‘I think what will happen is that they will make real-time relationships more valuable and exciting.’
