Does Virginity Still Matter in the Modern World? Virginity and the Denial of Marriage in the<i>Acts of Paul and Thecla</i>

Cornelius, Elma

doi:10.1080/2222582x.2015.11877316

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“…The use of 'dirty' in reference to the participants religious background is likely to hold connotations of impurity and deceit. The participant here is part of a Christian culture where virginity is viewed as sacred before marriage (Cornelius, 2015). Thus, if anyone was to find out about him owning a sex doll, they would likely view him as contravening a fundamental part of his faith.…”

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The ‘PERFECT’ PARTNER: UNDERSTANDING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF MEN WHO OWN SEX DOLLS

Lievesley

Reynolds

Harper

2023

Sexuality & Culture

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The ownership of sex dolls has become an increasingly discussed phenomenon in recent years, with legal scholars and legislators calling for increased regulation and criminalization of such articles. However, our knowledge of sex doll ownership is lacking, and the peer-reviewed literature is especially sparse on detailed phenomenological analyses of the motivations of sex doll owners and their experiences of owning a doll. In this study, we interviewed nine male owners of sex dolls to investigate these issues. Two main themes were elicited from the data: “the ‘perfect’ partner” and “sex doll or love doll?”. In understanding doll ownership in this way, we hope to add to ongoing social discussions about the types of people who own dolls, why they do so, and how dolls act as a functional aspect of their sexual (and nonsexual) lives.

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Section: Theme 22 Living With Stigmamentioning

confidence: 99%

The ‘PERFECT’ PARTNER: UNDERSTANDING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF MEN WHO OWN SEX DOLLS

Lievesley

Reynolds

Harper

2023

Sexuality & Culture

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The ‘perfect’ partner: Understanding the lived experiences of sex doll owners

Lievesley¹,

Reynolds²,

Harper³

2022

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The ownership of sex dolls has become an increasingly discussed phenomenon in recent years, with legal scholars and legislators calling for increased regulation and criminalization of such articles. In doing so, they promote an implicit assumption that the ownership of dolls increases a risk of sexual offending, which has been questioned in recent survey-based psychological analyses. However, the literature is currently lacking a phenomenological exploration of the experiences of individuals who own sex dolls. In this study, we interviewed nine owners of sex dolls to investigate their motivations and experiences. Two main themes were elicited from the data: “the ‘perfect’ partner” and “sex doll or love doll?”. In understanding doll ownership in this way, we hope to add to ongoing social discussions about the types of people who own dolls, why they do so, and how dolls act as a function aspect of the sexual (and nonsexual) lives.

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Does Virginity Still Matter in the Modern World? Virginity and the Denial of Marriage in theActs of Paul and Thecla

Cited by 2 publications

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The ‘PERFECT’ PARTNER: UNDERSTANDING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF MEN WHO OWN SEX DOLLS

The ‘PERFECT’ PARTNER: UNDERSTANDING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF MEN WHO OWN SEX DOLLS

The ‘perfect’ partner: Understanding the lived experiences of sex doll owners

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