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Today is brought to you by the letter "C" forWe, unfortunately, know that people who crave sex on demand without strings attached can purchase sex dolls, ranging from your everyday "blow up" doll found in sex shops for $19.95 to high-end models , in which you can customize every aspect of your doll, right down to her pubic hair.Going even... a New Jersey company has created the world's first "sex robot," a scantily clad rubber woman named Roxxxy whose mouth stays permanently open and can not only satisfy her owner's sexual needs, but their needs for pillow talk as well."Sex only goes so far – then you want to be able to talk to the person," said Douglas Hines, founder of the company that created the robot.She comes with a variety of prerecorded phrases ("I love holding hands with you," for example) but you can also (brace yourself)so she can download updates from the internet to expand her vocabulary and, ahem, capabilities.Owners can also select different personalities for Roxxxy, from "Wild Wendy" to "Frigid Farrah." GAH.My main problem with sex dolls that are carefully crafted to emulate women is that it reinforces the idea that womenadopt a passive role during sex - a role that involves becoming a mere hole to be penetrated. Additionally, I speculate that men are attracted to sex dolls because it allows them to have some form of "sex" without the work - without the talking, the seducing, the awkward goodbye afterwards - but the fact is that sexcome without all those things. Sex involves communicating with another person, whether you wish to see this as a positive or negative aspect. If we start manufacturing sex dolls whose jobs are to shut up and be penetrated, how will men who purchase these dolls behave when it comes time to actually have sex? It's provocative to suggest that sex dolls can lead to real women being raped, but... I think it can. And more commonly, it can lead to general mistreatment of women: the whole "shut up and get in the sack" mentality that stems from the good ol' patriarchy.Now, some might argue that this new "sex robot" comes with a personality and a voice, thereby debunking all I've said above. My response is that. It's one thing to get sexual satisfaction from a sex toy, but to getsatisfaction as well? Isn't this just removing us even further from reality?Hines said he was inspired to create the robot after a friend died in the 9/11 attacks, and he began to think about preserving his friend's personality for his grieving loved ones to enjoy.All of this just sounds delusional to me. There is no way a robot can be a healthy and satisfactory substitution for genuine human interaction and love. To replace a partner or a friend with a rubber doll and a voice box is to hold onto something that isn't real. I think that by unveiling this "sex robot," Roxxxy's creators are headed down a dangerous path.