The Modern Sex Doll-Owner: A Descriptive Analysis

Valverde, Sarah Hatheway

doi:10.15368/theses.2012.165

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“…(3) to explore characteristics of doll ownership beyond sex; and 4) to discover the attitudes of current doll owners about future sexbots. The descriptive results established the archetypal respondent as a single, middle-aged, relatively well-off, employed, heterosexual male, with some minor variation, confirming findings from elsewhere that also found the same demographic composition for sex doll users [6]. Future studies of sexbot users will enable comparisons to these sample characteristics to see if they are replicated or not.…”

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“…Furthermore, these material advances have also allowed for more customisable products, including a wide variety of facial features and body morphologies. These extend to both primary and secondary sexual characteristics such as breasts and genitalia, and can include specialised items such as pressure-released urination, and detachable hymens [5,6]. It is clear that modern sex dolls range in sophistication and quality, which is often reflected in their sale prices, and are frequently designed to be attractive and youthful.…”

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“…Modern doll products place an emphasis on practical realism, which is a response to consumer calls for tactile and visual accuracies, while maintaining fully functioning orifices and bodily components. By using such strategies, sex dolls have been increasingly successful as sales items, and now form the basis of a multimillion-pound global industry [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…He established that four-fifths of his participants did not consider sexual relations with their dolls to be the limit of their relationship. A later survey conducted by Sarah Valverde [6] comprised one of the earliest comprehensive demographic data sets of doll users. She found that in 2012, the typical doll owner from her survey was white, heterosexual, single, and employed.…”

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“…She found that in 2012, the typical doll owner from her survey was white, heterosexual, single, and employed. In relation to the primary purpose in owning a sex doll, the majority (70%) responded that it was for sex, but almost a third (30%) said that it was for companionship [6]. In the former group, almost half (41%) of respondents revealed that dolls were their sole sexual outlet.…”

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Beyond the Sex Doll: Post-Human Companionship and the Rise of the ‘Allodoll’

Langcaster-James

Bentley

2018

Robotics

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The increasing market for realistic sex dolls has led to heated debate about future relationships with these entities and whether they could lead to an increasing objectification of women or possibly encourage abuse. However, limited academic research has been carried out on the topic, and little is known about the motivations and experiences of those who purchase and use sex dolls. Therefore, we conducted a mixed methods study of 83 participants, accessed through online doll forums, who completed a 22-item, semi-structured questionnaire. The majority were heterosexual, white, employed, middle-aged males; just over half were not in a current relationship, and approximately half lived alone. A thematic analysis revealed a high prevalence of non-sexual, post-human companionship dynamics between dolls and their owners, as well as reservations by doll owners about future robotic developments. In light of these findings, we suggest a new term, ‘allodoll’, which more accurately reflects the broader, non-sexual relationships of these doll owners, and could broaden the scope of future research. Although sex doll forums may be biased towards certain types of doll users, our findings may allay some of the fears of the more detrimental consequences of sex doll use.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Bentley

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Exploring the Ownership of Child-Like Sex Dolls

Harper

Lievesley

2022

Arch Sex Behav

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There is a fervent social debate ongoing that relates to the ownership of child-like sex dolls. On the one hand, some proponents of dolls suggest that they offer a safe sexual outlet for minor-attracted people (MAPs) and could be used in efforts to prevent the sexual abuse of children. On the other side of the debate, child-like dolls are seen as articles that sexualize children, encourage deviant fantasies, and increase offending risk. To date, no empirical analyses have been undertaken with people who own such dolls. In this paper, we present data from child-like sex doll owners (n = 85) and MAPs who do not own dolls (n = 120) recruited from online forums visited by people who own sex dolls or forums for people with sexual attractions to children. Specifically, we compared their psychological characteristics and proclivities for sexual aggression. Among non-owners, 79.2% of participants declared an interest in owning a sex doll, which is higher than the 20–40% rate reported in adult-attracted samples of non-owners. We found few differences between the groups on most personality variables, with doll owners being less antisocial and anxiously attached than non-owners, but exhibiting more schizotypal traits. Related to offending proclivities, doll ownership was associated with lower levels of sexual preoccupation and self-reported arousal to hypothetical abuse scenarios, but higher levels of sexually objectifying behaviors and anticipated enjoyment of sexual encounters with children. We discuss these data in relation to a functional model of child-like sex doll ownership among MAPs.

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New Technology, Same Old Stigma: Media Narratives of Sex Robots and Sex Work

DiTecco

Karaian²

2022

Sexuality & Culture

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The Modern Sex Doll-Owner: A Descriptive Analysis

Cited by 16 publications

References 25 publications

Beyond the Sex Doll: Post-Human Companionship and the Rise of the ‘Allodoll’

Beyond the Sex Doll: Post-Human Companionship and the Rise of the ‘Allodoll’

Exploring the Ownership of Child-Like Sex Dolls

New Technology, Same Old Stigma: Media Narratives of Sex Robots and Sex Work

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