France’s first sex doll brothel has opened in Paris for randy customers who prefer the feel of plastic over the touch of a real woman.
The sex club has several rooms and customers are offered the services of a silicone model instead of a prostitute.
Pictures from inside the brothel show four different dolls of different shapes, colors and sizes dressed in skimpy lingerie, while the rooms are adorned with images of other sex dolls.
It comes after Britain’s first sex doll brothel opened, offering customers a “try before you buy” service.
Last week, a pop-up sex doll brothel opened in Amsterdam’s red light district — paid for with taxpayers’ money.
The unusual brothel was opened by the hosts of the TV show “Spuiten en Slikken” (“Shoot and Swallow”), a controversial show about drugs and sex on Dutch public television.
The TV hosts tried to lure in tourists to have sex with one of the dolls, which would cost them $37, during the one-day event.
According to spokesman Thijs Verheij, the show tries to find out if the world is ready to have sex with a doll and to compare the experience to having sex with a real human being.
Verheij said: “Scientists state that in 30 years, it will be very normal to have sex with a robot.”
“With this experiment, we want to run ahead of this and investigate how people see it now.”
Recently, a survey found that one in five Germans said they would like a robot sex doll and more than one in 20 say they could even fall in love with one.
Since it was reported in the summer of 2017 that sex doll Fanny was attracting more customers than real-life prostitutes at the Kontakthof brothel in the Austrian capital, Vienna, the sex doll craze has taken Europe by storm.
Many other brothels in Vienna bought silicone sex dolls from Japan, while in the German city of Dortmund, the first-ever sex doll brothel opened.
With a similar business having since opened in Barcelona, and an exclusive shop in Vienna only selling silicone life companions, an increasing number of people are wondering what sleeping with a doll would be like.
Not everyone is convinced that the sex doll craze will really lead to an increase in sales or brothel visits.
Computer and business scientist Oliver Bendel, who deals with questions of IT and machine ethics, said: “It will remain a niche.”
According to Bendel, there is still a taboo when it comes to sex dolls even if research shows that many Germans would consider buying one.
Bendel said: “In the meanwhile, sex toys are openly discussed. But love balls and dildos are not left everywhere in plain view. And where do I hide a sex robot from my partner?”
Austrian psychologist Gerti Senger explained why some men are more interested in sleeping with sex dolls instead of a real woman.
She said: “First, the man can do anything with the doll. Second, every intention is turned off, which can be a factor with a prostitute.”
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