Sexual thought revolution: Baby boomers are triggering the next sexual revolution through physical dolls

Column:About sex Time:2023-05-29
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People have expressed great concern that robots may take away human jobs-but the intelligentization 

of machines in other fields has caused great repercussions. The US TV channel aired a 

thought-provoking documentary "The Companion Robot Is Coming" in 2017. The

 pre-release trailer made people's expectations for this documentary high.


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The protagonist of the show is named George. He lives with three physical dolls and his wife who has 

been married for 37 years, and his wife does not seem to be surprised by his behavior. George 

revealed that he was very happy to be alone with the doll three to four days a week. He 

dressed them, gave them makeup, and even took them to go shopping.


The negative feedback attracted by this documentary has attracted our attention; after all, adult toys 

are now accepted as part of many relationships, and most young women will not feel embarrassed 

when discussing. So why does the topic of female dolls make some feminists very angry? Now, 

they face a new challenge: With the development of extremely realistic physical dolls in 

artificial intelligence (AI)-these companion robots are set a series of personalities are 

chosen by their masters, from submissive to arrogant to overbearing.


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So far, the appearance of these toys is personalized, from wigs to body shapes to specifications and 

sizes, from hundreds of different combinations of choices to create a very real rubber doll.


No matter how disgusting you are with physical dolls, they are becoming more and more popular. 

Entertainment venues across Europe have found that many customers are more willing to spend 

money to be alone with dolls than sex workers. A recent survey on sexual attitudes in Germany 

found that more than half (52%) of men are interested in physical dolls. In the UK, this

proportion is 47%.


The prices of these dolls range from thousands to tens of thousands-a specialty store owner said

 that three-quarters of people will become repeat customers, and he also noticed that couples 

often come together. By next year, a new generation of companion robots will talk, their 

body temperature will become warmer with built-in heaters, their skin will be more 

textured, and they will look very real when they talk. Technology companies in 

China andthe United States will soon promote these artificialintelligence 

companion robots, and the price will be more than $5,000.


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At first, this idea made some people feel disgusted. They thought the physical doll was cold and 

unresponsive. But don’t people just choose an object and give it feelings that it doesn’t 

have? For some people, playing with dolls is a fetish,but for others, they want a 

non-demanding partner. They want a friend who can communicate with each 

other at any time. Is this so scary?


Loneliness is a big problem for the elderly, and the need for companionship will not go out in 

old age like an oil lamp. People are always interested in love, just as we all need love when 

we are 20, 30 and 40 years old. Divorce, widowhood, etc., have caused more middle-aged

 (and elderly) people to live alone, and millions of them are over 70 years old.

The prospects are really grim.


At the end of the 1960s, the baby boomers redefined youth and challenged preconceptions

 every decade thereafter. So why can't they treat sex and aging in a groundbreaking way?


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A recent study by the University of Manchester found that among people between 70 and 85

 years old, one in four had a sexual experience in the previous year; more than half of men 

and one-third of women said They are still active in sex. The definition of sex in this 

study is as broad as possible, not just a tad.


However, an unwelcome side effect of this sexual revolution is that sexually transmitted diseases 

are spreading among baby boomers. In the past decade, syphilis has increased by 52% and 

chlamydia has increased by a third. but! This is something you can't find on the robot doll!


Companion robots can help people of all ages resolve intimate relationships and provide companionship 

and collateral benefits for some older men. I'm not trying to belittle companion robots, they are just 

another page in sexual history. Of course, if you 

order a doll that looks like a child, it will be disgusting.


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As for robots that will replace human interaction responsibilities, we have already spent our time on 

mobile phones and text messages, rejecting multi-dimensionaland normal phone calls. It is an 

overly formal reaction to grapple with the rise of companion robots.