This book presents a unique, feminist approach to ‘sex’ dolls and ‘sex’ robots, taking a critical look at the academic and business narratives that serve to rationalise them.
1. Introduction: The end of sex robots - for the dignity of women and girls.- 2. Modern-Day Pygmalions - Reproducing the Patriarchy.- 3. Mapping the uses of ''sex'' dolls: pornographic content, doll brothels and the similarities with rape.- 4. Fetishism and the Construction of Male Sexuality.- 5. Playthings and Corpses - Turning Women into Dead Body Objects.- 6. Patriarchal imaginaries beyond the human: ''Sex robots'', fetish, and fantasy in the domination and control of women.- 7. Paedophilia, child sex abuse dolls and the male sex right: Challenging justifications for men''s sexual access to children and child sexual abuse material.- 8. The Voice of the ''Sex Robot'': From peep-show bucket to willing victim - the terrorism of women''s speech.- 9. The End of Sex Robots: Porn Robots and Representational Technologies of Women and Girls.
- | Author: Charlotta Odlind, Kathleen Richardson
- | Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
- | Publication Date: Jan 02, 2023
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9783031193804
- | ISBN-10: 3031193806
