Campaign Against Sex Robots

[Monoriu]

I've visited the website of this robot company.  There are barely any pictures of the robot at all.  Only picture I can find is a thumbnail sized representation of the robot's face, but that doesn't look very appealing to me.  Nothing about what the parts below the neck look like.  I just don't think current technology is capable of producing a realistic looking sex robot. 

[Scipio]

Arguably, a child-looking sex robot would qualify as "other visual representation... the dominant purpose of which is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or the anal region of a person under the age of eighteen years" and thus qualify as child pornography and be illegal on that basis.

Not in the USA, baby, where simulated child porn is okay.

[Barrister]

Arguably, a child-looking sex robot would qualify as "other visual representation... the dominant purpose of which is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or the anal region of a person under the age of eighteen years" and thus qualify as child pornography and be illegal on that basis.

Not in the USA, baby, where simulated child porn is okay.

[Ideologue]

The only positive thing to say about the radical-feminist response to this is that they're getting in their objections early, rather than after a trillion dollar industry was built, which should be praised in a general way.

But overall, it's an extremely stupid and counterproductive attitude.  I'll leave aside any argument that they would reduce rates of rape--I think that's possible, but going into that discussion is dangerous and tricky and I find it a bit tedious.  It would virtually destroy prostitution as an industry.  And, I would imagine, that's an outcome they would like to see.

[Ideologue]

Arguably, a child-looking sex robot would qualify as "other visual representation... the dominant purpose of which is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or the anal region of a person under the age of eighteen years" and thus qualify as child pornography and be illegal on that basis.

Well, like Scip said, but that gets into a whole thing that I'm sure we'd all rather ignore, which is whether harmless (gross) outlets for pedophilia would reduce rates of child predation.  If it would, as a policy matter, shouldn't we be for it, even if we find it quite disgusting?

I'd be okay with putting purchasers on some kind of monitoring list, of course.  But we should all be on a monitoring list.

[Savonarola]

I didn't think anyone could come up with worse neologisms than "Gluon" and "Bromance", but:

lovotics

robostitutes

I was wrong.   

Is there another type of "Gluon", that isn't in particle physics?

Not to the best of my knowledge.

Oh "Mathlete" is another awful neologism; that might be worse than "Bromance".

[Admiral Yi]

How do the Canadian porn police distinguish between 17 year old and 18 year old one cooters and bungholes, if they're not attached to a real person?

[Legbiter]

I think it only fit and proper that Joan take one for the team here and makes damn sure that she'll never be replaced by the sexbot revolution.

[Monoriu]

Evangeline A.K. Mcdowell in Negima.  700 year old powerful vampire mage with complete backstory and her own story arc.  But she became a vampire when she was 10 years old, so she never grows old from that point. 

Child?

[Razgovory]

Is there another type of "Gluon", that isn't in particle physics?

Not to the best of my knowledge.

Oh "Mathlete" is another awful neologism; that might be worse than "Bromance".


I never really thought of "gluons" as some aweful neologism.  Admittedly I don't know much about them.  I know they are mixed in with quarks and they have different colors, but beyond that I don't know what they do.

[dps]

It would virtually destroy prostitution as an industry.  And, I would imagine, that's an outcome they would like to see.

I doubt it.  I figure a sexbot is going to cost a lot more than a cheap hooker.

[Phillip V]

Sexbots will bring more peace to society.  Christians should welcome lusting over robots instead of their neighbor's wife.

[Admiral Yi]

I doubt it.  I figure a sexbot is going to cost a lot more than a cheap hooker.

Not to rent.

[Barrister]

Sexbots will bring more peace to society.  Christians should welcome lusting over robots instead of their neighbor's wife.

I believe for some it would count as masturbation, which is also frowned upon.

[viper37]

Arguably, a child-looking sex robot would qualify as "other visual representation... the dominant purpose of which is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or the anal region of a person under the age of eighteen years" and thus qualify as child pornography and be illegal on that basis.

If the technology was to exist, I am wondering if it wouldn't be better to allow it rather than have pedos use real kids.  We do have state funded drug places anyway,  where supposedly the  people will get stone until they can't do it anymore and quit the nasty habit.  Wonder if it would work on pedos.  I'd much rather have them to pay for sex with a child looking robot than hiring underage prostitutes.