onlineplus2021
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Aug 28, 2022
10:24 PM
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As it currently stands, the literature around sex doll and robot ownership appears to suggest that these objects have an overwhelmingly sexual function [8–11]. While this may be true to some degree, survey data suggest that purely viewing dolls and robots of this type through a sexual lens may limit our understanding of this phenomenon. For example, while up to 70% of sex doll owners cite sexual gratification as the primary function of their doll, others discuss how their dolls act as a form of friendship and companionship [1, 2]. In addition, even among those who did suggest that sex was their doll’s primary purpose, this was accompanied by other functions in more than 80% of cases [1, 12]. In perhaps the most thorough analysis of doll owner motivations, Su and colleagues analyzed the forum posts originating from more than 5500 threads on the world’s largest forum for sex doll owners [13••]. This led to a corpus of almost 80,000 posts over a timeframe of 14 years, from 2001 to 2015. Coding these posts, a range of potential motivations emerged. In addition to purely sexual motivations (i.e., the availability of a “willing” and available sexual partner whenever sexual gratification is desired), owners used the forum to discuss using their dolls’ artistic functions (e.g., photography), as well as how they created meaningful intimate relationships with them. It is in relation to this latter function of dolls where they become anthropomorphized. At the beginning of their journey, doll owners talk about the adoption of their new companion, with them creating identities for them through the application of realistic tattoo transfers and makeup. Dolls are spoken about in terms that empower them and give them a voice. According to Su and colleagues, this provides owners with the illusion of intimacy, which forms the basis of a close bond between them and their dolls.
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