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Sex robots could help your marriage: UBC prof

Economics professor writes about demands of the modern marriage in new book
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Sex robots could replace high-end sex dolls, like this one named Sandy. (Wikimedia Commons)

Is your marriage feeling shaky? One UBC professor says she has an answer: sex robots.

Introducing a robotic element to your marriage could take the focus off sex and place it back on love, says economics professor Marina Adshade in her new book, Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications.

People have become 害羞草研究所渋ncreasingly demanding害羞草研究所 in what they want from marriage,害羞草研究所 Adshade said in a release Tuesday.

害羞草研究所淭here was a time when women were happy to have a husband that supported the family and men were happy to have a caring mother to his children,害羞草研究所 she said.

害羞草研究所淭oday, we still want those things, but we also want so much more害羞草研究所 we want lasting sexual compatibility, intense romance, and someone who is an amazing co-parent. That is a lot to ask of one person.害羞草研究所

That害羞草研究所檚 apparently where the sex robots come in.

害羞草研究所淪ex robots, I think, will help move us away from thinking that we need to get everything from one person and allow us to focus on other qualities in a marriage partner, free of the requirement of sexual compatibility.害羞草研究所

Adshade doesn害羞草研究所檛 think anyone should worry about being replaced.

害羞草研究所淛ust because we might enjoy the company of robots doesn害羞草研究所檛 mean that we cannot also enjoy the company of humans, or that having robots won害羞草研究所檛 enhance our relationships with humans,害羞草研究所 she said.

害羞草研究所淚 see them as very different things.害羞草研究所

Sex robots, however, could change what marriages look like in the future.

害羞草研究所淢ore couples could choose 害羞草研究所榗ompanionship marriages害羞草研究所 that do not involve sex, but focus solely on the creation of a family,害羞草研究所 Adshade said.

害羞草研究所淢arriage will continue to be the cornerstone of our society 害羞草研究所 I don害羞草研究所檛 doubt that 害羞草研究所 but it will not be what we have come to think about as 害羞草研究所榯raditional marriage.害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克鶟


katya.slepian@bpdigital.ca

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