Federico is a geneticist and molecular biologist at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He grew up in Senago, a town near Milano, Italy. Because of his interest in geopolitics, geography and social sciences, he studied International Relations at the University of London.
He is a former swimmer and swimming instructor. He believes that sports educates people in thinking critically. Two years ago, the first sex doll-based brothel was opened in Spain. At the current time, is the growing fame and success of these brothels something to worry about? Are robot sex workers great tools to replace prostitution, or will they be the cause of further societal damage? In , Lumidolls, the first Robot sex brothel , opened in Barcelona, Spain. The company produces and sells robot sex dolls, built to make the customers almost believe they are interacting with a real person.
Lumidolls also provides customers with an additional option, to rent a sex doll. The price is currently around Euros per hour. The advocates of the idea support the move by saying it is a progressive one, as it should help to reduce the demand for sex workers, thus tackling the business of both illegal and legal prostitution. But is the opening of robot sex brothels really a positive innovation, or is it something bad for our society?
Starting from the positive end of our argumentation, robot brothels β in addition to reducing the request for prostitutes β may allow people with dangerous sexual perversions to find an acceptable solution to their problems. The woman, from being a figurative object in a patriarchal society, becomes an actual object, something to be used and abused. In order to counteract this kind of criticism, Lumidolls has made male robot dolls available as well. Although this may render the two genders equal, it does so by objectifying them both.
This is however not simply a moral issue, but rather a practical one. A constant use of pornography has been linked to a decreased ability of feeling empathic towards potential sexual partners. Further, it also encourages the worsening of compulsive sexual behaviours, causes altered sexual taste 1 , addiction and, eventually, decreased satisfaction when in a relationship 1.
