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In reply to the discussion: Call for a ban on robots designed as sex toys [View all]Xithras
(16,191 posts)24. The campaigner is fairly open with her moralizing.
She believes that they reinforce traditional stereotypes of women
No more or less than a dildo reinforces stereotypes and artificial societal expectations of men.
and the view that a relationship need be nothing more than physical.
But here's the real problem. She is trying to impose her view on what relationships should be. Her argument basically boils down to "I don't agree with that type of relationship, so it should be banned." It's the same argument that has been used against interracial sex, gay sex, masturbation, polyamory, and every other kind of "morally unacceptable" sex since the beginning of time. If someone simply wants a physical sexual relationship, and they can find a partner who only wants a physical sexual relationship, then who the fuck is this person, or ANYONE, to tell them that they can't have it? And if one person decides that he or she wants to have a physical sexual relationship with a 5 foot tall walking talking robotic dildo, how does ANYONE think they have a right to interfere with that?
So long as everyone is consenting and nobody gets injured, who and how people fuck themselves and each other is NOBODIES business but their own.
No more or less than a dildo reinforces stereotypes and artificial societal expectations of men.
and the view that a relationship need be nothing more than physical.
But here's the real problem. She is trying to impose her view on what relationships should be. Her argument basically boils down to "I don't agree with that type of relationship, so it should be banned." It's the same argument that has been used against interracial sex, gay sex, masturbation, polyamory, and every other kind of "morally unacceptable" sex since the beginning of time. If someone simply wants a physical sexual relationship, and they can find a partner who only wants a physical sexual relationship, then who the fuck is this person, or ANYONE, to tell them that they can't have it? And if one person decides that he or she wants to have a physical sexual relationship with a 5 foot tall walking talking robotic dildo, how does ANYONE think they have a right to interfere with that?
So long as everyone is consenting and nobody gets injured, who and how people fuck themselves and each other is NOBODIES business but their own.
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Hey! I've seen that sexbot before! She was a staffer in the Bush Administration...
hunter
Sep 2015
#6
Has she seen some of the toys available? And not just dolls, particularly those designed...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2015
#10
"I'm just afraid I'll come home one day and find you screwing the toaster"
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#12
But it's ok as long as they're all around robots who are just fully functional like Data,
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Sep 2015
#51
There's a valid concern for this in relation to sex dolls that already exist
puzzledeagle
Sep 2015
#70