This is a natural extension of the MGTOW movement that is a reaction to modern feminism:
1. Feminism teaches women to hate men.
2. Men react by finding an alternative to women.
3. One can get a human or a robot to cook, clean, etc. if one has the money.
4. One can get a human or a robot to feed the sexual urge if one has the money.
Nothing new here, honestly. Remember when Clinton was dallying with Monica, the Left was telling us how prudish we were to expect Bill not to have his mistresses like the leaders of Europe.
Question: Is the explosion of inanimate but very life-like “sex dolls” a “gateway drug” to sex with robots? I don’t know but, for now, genuine “sex robots” (ones with AI who speak and perform tasks) are out of the price range of most men so I doubt the impact is all that great. You have to pony up a minimum of $10,000 for the full-blown robot. Not a lot who can afford that.
But, then again, how much money and reputation could Trump have saved if he had just got horny with a nameless robot instead of a porn star a dozen years ago?
The only robot I want in my hovel is one that cleans the bathroom, washes the windows, and mops the floor.
>>You have to pony up a minimum of $10,000 for the full-blown robot. <<
Well selected phrase.
Seems rather on the cheap side for a lifelike, robotic humanoid, that has artificial intelligence, can walk, talk, and do simple tasks and 'other things'.
I'd expect something like that to cost as much as a Ferrari.