Considering 40% of men would be willing to have sex with a robot today, it’s not a short jump to see that we’re heading in that direction. Make it cheap enough, and you already have 40% of the male marketplace. Then it would be relatively easy to convince others to hop on board.
MGTOW is growing, and with its growth comes an even greater demand for sex robots. MGTOW/Incels/Herbivores/etc all share a common underlying theme of ‘no women‘, but they still are men. They still have sexual desires. And I guarantee many of them (and even those far outside the labels) will probably still be willing to jump on board with the sex robot revolution.
And in many ways, the sex robot is an ideal: it can’t cheat, it’s always down for sex, you’re the first, and you won’t get 50 STDs.
But it’s also completely degenerate and disgusting. The thought of it is not appealing.
I must be in the 60% bucket.
Herbivore men in Japan actually date the sex dolls. And they’re not even robots yet that can interact with you. When that interaction arrives… then what?
Now this raises some interesting questions. Primarily one: what the hell is going to happen when these become popular?
Throughout all of human history, we have had a common theme:
Sex drives entire cultural shifts
Wars have been fought over a single woman. Men have toiled their life away for attention from women. Genghis Khan rampaged an entire continent to impregnate hundreds of women.
And then, in the blink of an eye, that entire driving force is satiated.
Honestly, I doubt that much will change significantly between men and women when these come to fruition. At least in terms of respectful communication or cooperation. But I do think the dating and sex landscape will change dramatically.
Men do ridiculous things to get laid or get female attention.
Men also put up with a tremendous amount of hardship and annoyance to get the aforementioned two things.
If that need gets met through robotic interference, women won’t have that leverage anymore. Which will change the dating/sex arena permanently. Sex itself will no longer be a luxury good for men.
I liken it to when you’re dating someone. If I’m dating someone, I’d never put up with shit from a different girl. Because the need(s) is/are already being met. But if I were single, many times I’d play the stupid game to get by. This wouldn’t happen if I was dating and satisfied with my SO.
In effect, the sex robots could place every male that buys one in the “I’m dating and satisfied” category by default. Making it so that men have less of a drive to seek outside companionship, or put resources toward finding it. Impacting women’s ability to harness their attention.
We already have enough of an issue with men falling out of society. This certainly won’t help.
However, I don’t see the same happening with women. Women are attracted and satisfied based on things completely opposite of men; things that sex robots are unable to quench. While the average male could be perfectly happy living in his sex robot bubble, I don’t see the same happening for women.
Hence, the conflict with gender interaction from sex robots.
Many women have already united and attempted to ban sex robots before they’ve even been developed yet (1) (2). And I get it. Their sexual monopoly and leverage are at stake. But I think nothing will stop this multi-billion dollar industry anytime soon. It’d just create a black market, as do all bans.
Women will lose their leverage, but I don’t see it destroying interpersonal relationships by any stretch. Maybe just making it significantly harder for women to garner that control they previously (and currently) have.
I will be completely honest: The thought of humping a silicon doll dressed like a woman repulses me. Especially if it is lifelike. I don’t think I could ever do it, and if I did, I feel like I would hate myself for at least a few weeks after. So I’m firmly in the “no chance in hell” camp when it comes to these things. But I know a lot of men are far more horn dogs than I am.
