The Harmful Effects of Sex Robots
Keywords:
Roboethics, Robot Ethics, Gender, Sex Robots, Sex Work, Consent, Computers and Society, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophical EthicsAbstract
Human fascination in creating the ideal lover is long-standing and has manifested itself today in the development of sex robots. The use and advancement of this technology is both anti-women, in its portrayal of the female body, and anti-human, in its fostering of anti-social behaviour. This article will examine the potential negative consequences of such machines and attempt to refute arguments supporting the integration of sex robotics into our everyday live. It ultimately concludes that sex robots are damaging to women and society by allowing the user to engage in consent-less sex with an over-sexualised representation of the female body.
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