Will also help with the chores AFP/Getty Images

If you go on 4Chan and other dark corners of the internet, there’s a worryingly large number of men who seem to believe that sex robots will soon actually replace women.

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And guess what? There’s companies trying to create sex droids which will do exactly that.

Chinese sex doll firm ExDoll is designing robots which can ‘help with chores’.

Wuy Xingliang, marketing director at Exdoll, said: “China has a shortage of women, and this is a factor in why there’s this demand, but they’re not just for sex.


‘We’re designing them so they can have meaningful conversations with you and help with chores around the house.



‘They could eventually even work as medical assistants or receptionists.’

At present, their abilities are likely to be limited to (fairly easy) tasks such as turning on dishwashers.

China is facing a large gender gap – there’s 33.6 million more men than women, and thus rather a lot of lonely men.