The love dolls sold by Sex Doll Genie and manufactured by Gynoid are silicone based and look and feel like a real human, according to SGD founders Janet Stevenson and her husband Amit.
“There are lonely middle-aged men who don’t want to walk through the dating minefield again, there are disabled people for whom sex dolls are comfortable and non-judgmental companions, and then there are couples like us who give their male sex dolls another want to add dimension without adding additional emotional baggage,” the website reads. “Also, there’s an increasing number of people who just think a sex doll fits their lifestyle better.”
The Social Dilemma has been on the market for almost 2 months now and its impact seems to be growing every day. Just yesterday, Tristan Harris, one of the documentary’s leading voices, made an appearance on the hugely popular Joe Rogan Podcast, and awareness of the impact of social media seems to be gaining momentum on Lifelike Sex Dolls.
However, as we move into the age of robots, and sex robots offer interactivity, AI and semi-autonomous and semi-autonomous behavior, sex dolls have received much more public and scientific attention than sex dolls. After all, they have been an integral part of science fiction literature for decades.
Given the history of and relationship between sex dolls and sex robots, it makes sense to include them in this research review dealing with the sexual uses of human-like material whole-body artifacts.