Will this be the time for the rise of the sex doll market?

It was a beautiful morning in Huntington, West Virginia, but David Mills wanted to drink beer in the crumbling house he had lived in since he was born. In the other bedroom was his sick, unreasonable father. Young Mills is famous for writing The Atheistic Universe: The Thinker’s Answer to Christian Fundamentalism. In the preface, Carl Sagan’s son Dorian praised Mills’ “impeccable logic, rational courage, and professional mind.” Richard Dawkins gave the book an “admiration” and mentioned it twice in his bestseller “The Illusion of God”.

In the introduction of the new version in 2006, Mills was happy to tell readers that he was publicly condemned as a spokesperson for Satan, a shame on human dignity, an idiot, a shrimp head, and his favorite “poor middle age people”. Men, embarrassed by unemployment throughout their lives, were frozen emotionally and intellectually in early adolescence. “

At 55, he is tired of the atheistic movement that has been going on since the late 1970s and is ready to resume his career. Recently, he became the owner of RealDoll, a sex doll’s Rolls-Royce, created by artist and entrepreneur Matt McMullen 20 years ago. Mills learned about this from an episode of the sitcom “Family Guy”, he visited the company’s website and was convinced that the photos were of a model, not a sex doll, because they all looked very realistic. Another research proves.

“I thought, well, I would like something like this!” He remembered. “I mean, I love women. God, I absolutely love women.” Especially their legs. “That is the woman that attracts me, even if not more, it attracts my face.” However, the biggest problem is: “My basic personality conflict is that I really like women, but I do n’t like being with people. together.”

He was lonely since he was a child. He met his first wife at the Polish Communist Party through the mail order bride catalog in 1984, and has been with her for 18 years until he met his future second wife online. That marriage ended before she was arrested by the FBI for white-collar crime. Since then, Mills has avoided dating relationships. He estimates that more than half of the approximately 180 women who have sex with them are prostitutes. The industry has gone downhill in Huntington for years, so Mills believes RealDoll could succeed. He ordered the “Body A” RealDoll2 model (83 pounds, 33–24–35 size, freckled habit) and sent a check for $ 7,149 to Abyss Creations, a San Marcos, California day Factory and gave her the name Taffy.

Three and a half months later, a coffin-like box arrived. He was excited, pried it apart, tore off the plastic, and screamed. An extremely human sex doll was looking at Mills, which reminded him of the twilight episode, where William Shatner faced the monster on the plane’s wings.

Then he was stirred.

The rise of sex doll robots
In 2006, Dr. Henrik Christensen, chair of the European Robotics Network at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, predicted that humans would have sex with robots “in the next five years.” He told The Economist that even if they were basic, it didn’t matter, because “people are willing to have sex with inflatable dolls, so any move at first will improve.”

Artificial intelligence expert and chess champion David Levy in “Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Computer Relationships” states that by 2050, robots “will have the ability to fall in love with humans and make themselves Romantic appeal and sexuality to humans. “An expert surveyed last year at the Pew Research Center predicted that robotic sex partners would become” common “by 2025, and that robotic sex is expected to be both popular and” The source of contempt and division is a way for critics today to take selfies as an indicator. All of this in the world is wrong. “

In the new sci-fi thriller “Ex Machina”, a young employee of a Google-like company (Domhnall Gleeson played a sweet synthetic robot in the acclaimed British TV series Black Mirror) visited a secret research mechanism. In the mountains, a reclusive tech tycoon (Oscar Isaac) showed off his latest work, a very attractive, emotionally intelligent robot named Ava (Alicia Vikander). Believe it or not, something happened.

As for Abyss’s early sex partners, Mills is skeptical. He likes how dolls look now, and can’t imagine walking, talking sex robots that have been indistinguishable from humans for 500 years. “It’s too complicated,” he said. “I just think you have something, the more moving parts on the car or airplane, the more problems you have, and if you can’t get it back to the factory … damn it. , I can’t even get the damn plumber for two weeks. Should I call a local RealDoll repairman? “

Then, suddenly, he was passionate about owning one. “Well, I hope. I mean, yes, this is another option.”

“Modern technology has evolved to the point that factory partners are at least as good as human partners,” Mills later said in a bar in the city center. “Not everyone wants to build relationships, especially emotionally exhausting, anxious relationships. If a man says, ‘I don’t want to be with other people,’ in most cases this can be a bad decision And he can order RealDoll, which will be much cheaper than the woman he is dating! If a man has a hundred or no girlfriend, then RealDoll is a good choice anyway. “

The wandering waitress said, “Last call.” Mills ordered a glass of beer and returned to the pet shop. “If you know the truth, women have been enjoying sex dolls for 50 years, maybe 5,000 years, but men are still insulted! We must correct it! Rosa Park I want to be a sex doll! Men no longer sit behind the bus It’s up! “

Into the abyss
There are no signs outside Abyss Creations, at the end of a remote highway service road north of San Diego. On a typical day in Southern California, Annette Blair jumped from her desk and opened the front door. The dynamic, stooped sales manager is also in charge of propaganda and then locks it down to prevent “guards”, especially teens who like to peep.

The first thing you will see when you walk in is a bare figure with a metal skeleton face and coiled metal Medusa braids with long hair locks, made for adult movies, and in Las Vegas At the annual Adult Video News Expo. This is really a topic at the RealDoll booth, and Annette’s favorite. After being inserted, this futuristic fantasy doll will light up like a pinball machine, and her internal organs will rotate. She confirmed that the naked circuit was the beginning of robotic fetishism, but it was just art. Except for her breasts, she didn’t make the most of it-unlike two well-dressed, burly women and extraordinary blondes, they stared at us.

One step closer, these two copies of evil pictures porn stars look ready to break their plastic cages to hug or attack you. But like all other dolls here, these evil girls have pendants around their necks, so they cannot move during transportation. Behind them are stunning framed portraits that must be A-class models or actresses. Annette shook her head. I refuse to believe it. She insists that this is the work of Stacy Leigh, a pioneer photographer of sex dolls, the owner of nine animals, and has subcultural authority.

Another extraordinary sight in the showroom is a male doll playing an air guitar on a red upholstered throne. “You might recognize his face,” she said, “because he has just walked for a few minutes.” “That’s Matt.” Her boss must talk to someone who studies the history of sex dolls, which usually starts with Pgma Leon, who was connected with Dutch sailor’s dolls in the 18th century, then talked to well-known doll owners (including artist Oskar Kokoschka) before focusing on Matt McMullen.

Matt McMullen’s intention is not to invent “the best sex doll in the world.” This is a blessing. Prior to his appearance, apart from the impractical and ugly explosion, there was not much progress, the explosion was more novel than the satisfying sex toy. In the 1980s, Japan began producing high-end dolls, but because they were made of plastic, they were not realistic or realistic from 10 feet away. Their parts are separated-there are obvious seams between the upper and lower legs-and they pop out suddenly like GI Joe. You always know this is a doll.

By 1994, McMullen, who had studied art in college when he was no longer part-time or in a rock band, carved a female figure at home. It was just that he was forced to do it. “In my garage, I started doing this as a hobby, a project, and it was totally a life,” he said in his first conversation. “It was my concept of a posable sculpture at first. I think this is the best way to describe it. It is a highly realistic model.” He has said in the past that this is more like a “joke” or ” “Quirky artwork”, but just a “sex tool” because of “public demand.”