The Daily Mail once reported on an Australian man who lived with a sex doll in an amazing relationship. First the background. Sex dolls have been around for a long time and seem to be commonplace in the more open societies of Europe and America. Yet some people believe that it actually transcends the human-object relationship to the point that the existence of a sex doll replaces the existence of a person.
These people, almost always middle-aged or older men, have been stigmatized by the outside world and traditionally labeled as "villains" or "losers" by society. But in recent years, many reports have suggested that sex dolls are coming into the public eye, as manufacturing companies have been able to assemble dolls with a more realistic appearance, and the addition of AI technology is expected to give them a more human-like feel. The Australian man named Murray opened up to the media about his relationship with sex dolls, from which it is clear how sex doll owners have become normalized and how they get along naturally with non-traditional partners. Murray does love his doll, which he named Noni.
"No one will ever love her as much as I do," he said in an interview. "Whenever I come home, she's in the house. Thank God the house isn't empty! It's not empty! It doesn't even feel quiet," Murray explained. He sees the doll as a companion to get him through his rocky life, just as many people have a girlfriend. "I spent over a year learning how to handle and manage dolls and how to get along with dolls," Murray reveals.
That's not to say that dolls are bad. Murray stressed that getting along with a doll is actually no easier than getting along with a natural person. "It's an emotional connection that's hard to explain, and in those moments, just like with a human, it's become a person," Murray said, struggling to find the right words to flesh out his meaning. Murray admits that while he's happy with the way things are, having someone who can't give love isn't exactly ideal. But he also believes that what is true "isn't always readily available. A real person would be best if they had complete choice, but people don't always do that.
Three Divorces Later
Murray is actually a loner, and judging by his last comment, he seems to be the first to admit that he's not very successful with the opposite sex. In fact, he said in the interview that he had been divorced three times. That's why the decision was made to buy a doll to make his own way of creating the happiness that comes with his own romance. He didn't hurt society in any way - in fact, on the show, he seemed like a pretty nice guy. So why should others judge him? Here's a word of advice to society: stop discriminating against sex dolls!
It doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon, though. Many tech news reports say that the full relationship with sex dolls will grow exponentially as robotics and more advanced computing technologies allow them to "think" and act on their own.
My Strange Fetish
There was a show called "My Eccentricities" that featured a man named David Carter. He was a man with an alternative partner, and the show said that people are increasingly inclined to be in the company of dolls that are realistic in image, fully functional, and made of materials like silicone, which we call sex dolls, because they are apparently created in the ideal image.
Now, this is just the latest in a string of trends that have become strange new types of marriages for many people. For example, I've featured a young Japanese man who married a virtual idol, Hatsune Miku; and Sergi Santos, a Spanish artificial intelligence expert, who married a robot of his own design; and a young Korean man who married a pillow with an anime character on it.
Sex seems to be a growing trend. In recent years there are companies in our country that specialize in the production of such sex and are beginning to enter the national and international scene, such as EXDOLL, WMDOLL, ELVES, SULREBOR, etc.; there are also foreign brands made famous by the BBC documentary "Man and Doll", REALDOLLS, SINTHETICS, etc. These trends are referred to by some as "humanoid fetishism" or "technological desire", according to wikipedia, this fascination is based on the attraction to humanoid dolls or dolls dressed as adults, we can see in online advertising, some popular anime series and music This anthropomorphic image is seen in videos.
Why Most Sex Dolls Are Female
But what does it mean when most depictions of this fetish are from a male perspective? Why are women often depicted in robotic form? What does this tell us about our culture, gender, and orientation? Finally, how has human behavior changed as a result of these technological advances?
Despite what some people claim, humans react to sex dolls out of an instinctive response to abnormal, idealized, weird objects, much like insects react to various heat and light sources. It is my belief that fetishism may stem from a person's desire to be controlling and passive towards a partner, although this is not the case for everyone, as there are many who will be lonely or tired of finding a partner. But what does it seem to tell us about gender, power and culture that it is indeed men who are the primary consumers of sex? One could argue that this overwhelming bias stems from male power, or that men are tired of female rejection and turn to sex dolls. Some conclusions can be drawn by watching some of the interviews with sex doll owners in the BBC documentary.
The men in the film, ranging from unsociable loners to jilted lovers, all seem to have psychological problems due to alienation and the inability to fulfill society's expectations of their significant others. Several of the men had partners when they were young, but then broke up and began to close themselves off from talking to the opposite sex. Others were controlling and they chose synthetic partners because they would not disobey themselves. Finally, one has to regret the liberating possibilities of the Cyborg Manifesto. Instead of seeing the union of man and machine as something that frees us from all forms of oppression (gender, race, age, etc.), we see the gynocentrism in artificial fetishes as short-lived, exploitative, and as a reinforcement of existing gender oppression, that is, these tendencies reinforce the objectification of women, masculinity, and controlling male behavior.
