Gender Theory in Troubled Times. Kathleen Lennon and Rachel Alsop, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2020 (ISBN: 978-0-745-68301-0)

Richardson‐Self, Louise

doi:10.1017/hyp.2022.23

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“…Among the more detailed ethical critiques of sex robots is Richardson’s (2015, forthcoming) Campaign Against Sex Robots (CASR—https://campaignagainstsexrobots.org/; now the Campaign against Porn Robots—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkgbTYHVdrA). It demands that we outlaw the product or service in any form, but especially with female sex robots.…”

Section: The Sex Robot and Society: Ethical Arguments Against Sex Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another of Richardson’s (2015, forthcoming) complaints that gets more traction with progressives is that some sex robots being (illegally) imported to Europe, North America, and Australia are designed as children and encourage pedophilia which can be practiced in sex robot brothels and then carried out with human children. There is debate about whether use of child sex robots in a clinical setting could retrain pedophiles not to pursue their predilections with human children (Cox-George and Bewley 2018).…”

Section: The Sex Robot and Society: Ethical Arguments Against Sex Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Artificial Emotions and Love and Sex Doll Service Workers

Belk

2022

Journal of Service Research

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Realistic looking humanoid love and sex dolls have been available on a somewhat secretive basis for at least three decades. But today the industry has gone mainstream with North American, European, and Asian producers using mass customization and competing on the bases of features, realism, price, and depth of product lines. As a result, realistic life size artificial companions are becoming more affordable to purchase and more feasible to patronize on a service basis. Sexual relations may be without equal when it comes to emotional intimacy. Yet, the increasingly vocal and interactive robotic versions of these dolls, feel nothing. They may nevertheless induce emotions in users that potentially surpass the pleasure of human-human sexual experiences. The most technologically advanced love and sex robots are forecast to sense human emotions and gear their performances of empathy, conversation, and sexual activity accordingly. I offer a model of how this might be done to provide a better service experience. I compare the nature of resulting “artificial emotions” by robots to natural emotions by humans. I explore the ethical issues entailed in offering love and sex robot services with artificial emotions and offer a conclusion and recommendations for service management and for further research.

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Section: The Sex Robot and Society: Ethical Arguments Against Sex Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Sex Robot and Society: Ethical Arguments Against Sex Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%