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Some Potentially Strategic Considerations for the Sex-Bot Industry
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Abstract
This brief essay explores both the social and biological dimensions of human sexuality in light of the possibility of a substantial commerce in sexually-enabled robots, and concludes with some potentially strategic considerations for those who find themselves involved with their design, production, and/or marketing.
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Subject: Social Sciences - Gender and Sexuality Studies
Copyright: This open access article is published under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, which permit the free download, distribution, and reuse, provided that the author and preprint are cited in any reuse.
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02 January 2018
Posted:
08 January 2018
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Submitted:
02 January 2018
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08 January 2018
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Abstract
This brief essay explores both the social and biological dimensions of human sexuality in light of the possibility of a substantial commerce in sexually-enabled robots, and concludes with some potentially strategic considerations for those who find themselves involved with their design, production, and/or marketing.
Keywords:
Subject: Social Sciences - Gender and Sexuality Studies
Copyright: This open access article is published under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, which permit the free download, distribution, and reuse, provided that the author and preprint are cited in any reuse.
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