Why Ban Robot Sex Dolls?

[dave50]

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/news/464766/Ultra-realistic-robot-sex-dolls-face-UK-ban
Not that I would indulge but I don't see what it has to do with anyone else if someone wants to have sex with a robot.

[murraymints]

EEK !

[fiction-factory]

That guy looks almost real to me

[RATTER15]

I dont think they will ban them, I think this it is just a way of getting free advertising.

[sandyRoe]

There's talk that intelligent robots might become masters of humanity. Maybe this ban is to ensure they don't become mistresses first.

[Retrochic]

well it will save a lot of sad old men a yearly ticket to Thailand, no they should not be banned.

[anaxcrosswords]

If a bloke could splash out on a doll like that (maybe “splash out” isn’t the best phrase to use) he could probably afford the real thing. Whatever – I quite like the idea of some bloke buying the doll and then, a few months later, a friend down the pub says to him “Chin up, mate – plenty more fish in the sea and all that”.

[237SJ]

It looks like the robot can "like what you like" and behave in a certain way. Maybe the idea behind the ban is that weirdos that are into beating women up would manage to convince themselves that real women are the same and will make the leap from sex robots to the real thing.

[wolf63]

I presume (hope) that they haven't managed to design a boy one.

[Mosaic]

These seem like the next step in the human doll craze, very big in Japan. It's a man thing. A man who can't get a girlfriend thing. These are not joke inflatables but silicone-skin covered, fully articulated, human sized women with orifices of choice who await your bidding bit never, ever speak out of turn. Costs start at around £15,000, and they are all bespoke items.

Brain bleach please.

[mibn2cweus]

What next . . . a ban on Hoovers? :o/

[andy-hughes]

Interesting.

I can see why the prurient moral majority will see this as 'wrong' - but some people will enjoy a robot if they are unable to form relationships, this is an outlet that harms no-one.

I think there is little doubt that this robot, and ever more sophisticated models will be made available in the future because of the financial potential.

Look at the billion-dollar adult film industry which exists purely to feed the male urge for fulfilment - if these robots make 1% of that turnover, someone will be seriously rich.

Personally, I think it's the ugliest most sexless un-erotic thing I have ever seen, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

If I were advertising it though, I wouldn't take the hair off mid-demo, people want to forget that she is not real, not have it underlined.

Oh, and I'd replace Doctor Geek with a sultry young model, so people can start imagining that the robot will look like her, not as it is, a seriously weird hybrid of women's faces which makes it look like what it is - a doll, but in this game, imagination is everything.

[Retrochic]

There is a dark side to this. They are 'bespoke' . Nothing to stop someone ordering a doll that looks and acts like a child.

[andy-hughes]

Retrochic - "There is a dark side to this. They are 'bespoke' . Nothing to stop someone ordering a doll that looks and acts like a child."

let's hope the manufacturers are ethnical enough not to open that side of the market - which would undoubtedly be even more profitable.

It's the age-old moral dilemma - Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

[Old_Geezer]

There's always some busybody wanting to ensure others do what the busybody demands, and don't get their jollies in the unapproved manner.

[Mosaic]

Retrochic - if you want to explore that, just google japanese manga. Oh my actual lord yes. Very bad re. juvenile females indeed at the mainstream and beyond the pale at the margins.

[ToraToraTora]

reminds me of this classic 80s film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092746/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[DaisyNonna]

Would worry about the effect upon a person's mental health

[EDDIE51]

^^ If any one asks you can say it's a 'cocktail shaker' !!