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Help me figure out why sex with Robot 'females' is WORSE than paying for prostituted women

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LaurieFairyCake · 17/04/2012 19:55

I'm massively on the fence and it's giving me splinters Hmm but my gut is telling me it's even slightly worse to have sex with robots which sounds completely ridiculous to my feminist brain

In case anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about it's this horrible article in the Mail here

What I've got so far is that it will increase dehumanisation of 'real' women as if they are lifelike and you can do anything to the robot including being violent then it will go some to way blur and confuse the lines between fantasy and reality.

I'm really interested in others opinions.

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maybenow · 17/04/2012 21:59

I'm not willing to read the mail article but I'd say anything that "dehumanises" sex is worrying.

madwomanintheattic · 17/04/2012 21:58

Well and truly sidetracked.

Apparently the pole dancing robots replaced the real pole dancers that were at the trade show last year.

Made by a Brit.

Ya gotta be proud, really...

CatitaInaHatita · 17/04/2012 21:52

Does it have to be an either or question? Can't we just say they are both awful for different reasons? I am not sure it is necessary to make a hierarchy.

madwomanintheattic · 17/04/2012 20:09

I think you are def on the right track.

But I've been sidetracked enormously by the pole dancing robot, and so I need to go and contemplate machismo and pooters whilst I find out wtaf. Can't concentrate on fembots for the mo...

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