Is loneliness causing sex doll sales to skyrocket during the quarantine period?

Posted by fujida on February 19th, 2021

Since the implementation of quarantine and blockade, sales of sex dolls have increased dramatically. In fact, manufacturers are looking for new employees just to meet the needs of consumers.

Sex Doll Genie, a sex doll company, said it received more inquiries than regular phone calls in the last eight weeks. These inquiries come from couples and singles. The company also reported that orders for single men increased by 51.6% in February and March. On the other hand, in April, couple orders reported an increase of 33.2% from the same month of the previous year.

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According to Janet Stephenson, co-founder of "Sex Doll Elf," they still have a large inventory of products. But they aren't working fast enough to keep up with consumer demand. That's why the company is hiring as soon as possible. They have also created many new roles in customer support and fulfillment management in Europe and the United States.

Sex dolls can provide people with intimate dating

According to Dr. Kate Devlin's book Turnaround: Science, Sex, Robots, sex dolls are primarily associated with single men. But in reality, couples, people with disabilities, and parents, whose adult children are often excluded from society, often buy dolls. Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, with many being quarantined alone or without an intimate partner. The idea that sex dolls can provide dating to people without a partner is not surprising.

In addition, history has proved that people are very fast with anthropomorphic technology. One of the earliest examples of artificial intelligence is ELIZA, a language processor created by Joseph Weizenbaum in 1966.

According to today's technical standards, ELIZA is a basic conversation simulator that allows only short conversations. Despite this fact, people at the time were still fascinated by it, whether it was just a computer program or not. Its users are highly respected and many of them even say they prefer to interact with ELIZA over others.

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Humans have a strong attachment to technology

British AI expert David Levy said that humans would develop a strong attachment to technology without artificial intelligence. In his book "Love and Sex with Robots," Levi quoted a study conducted by the owners of previous versions of the AIBO robot dog. Most of the owners of these robot dogs attribute their robot pets to real emotions and intentional behavior.

Levi said the owners of those robot dogs want to know that their AIBO is their real pet. Therefore, the dog-like feelings are due to AIBO.

Indeed, even robot dogs and therapeutic seal-shaped polo can find comfort. So it's not surprising if someone can find comfort and dating in a sex doll.