How do you feel about this fetish?

[Stephaniebot]

I think the primary, and initial market will be fembots, aimed at hetro males. It will be the biggest need, and desire element of human sexuality, after all. I do think the other markets will follow in time, but will be after the initial major push with the most popular option.
Isnt there a separate website just for male bots, for the gay men market? So I think it would be popular, though I have no idea how much of that is created bots, or whether its mainly the transformation concept?
Lesbians, and fembots. Do you mean in the sense of sexual contact, or their reaction to them being around? The former, I'm sure a few would. The latter, I suspect reaction would be similar to hetro women, though possibly a higher proportion objecting, as they seem to tend slightly more to militancy.

[Grendizer]

I don't think androids for gay men are comparable to androids for straight women, really. I think gay men have similar attraction mechanisms to straight men. I cite the popularity of gay porn. Women engage in porn as well, of course, but they are less popularly inclined; much more popular for them is fiction (romance, erotic romance, and erotica). Literary porn. The reason is obvious: the psychology of female attraction isn't nearly so intensely visual or based on sexual behaviors and context. Emotional content, commitment rituals, status, and wealth (in other words, social ques) play a much larger role, generally. This is why I think androids will be a weak option for most women in the future.

By the time it gets better for them, androids won't really be tools anymore. Women will be back to square one, except the "guy" they want will always look and behave like their idealized version of Brad Pitt (or insert whatever flavor of the month). In order to provide appropriate sexual ques, he'll have to be free, and that means free to break your heart.

I do think there will be a minority of women who'll be quite happy with both fembots and androids, concurrent with their popularity among straight men.

[daphne]

I feel nothing.

(See what I did there)

[Windblade]

I'm not ashamed of my fetish, it's a part of me. But IRL I've never told anybody about it (not even my family); right now it's very dangerous because of some laws in my country (no, I'm not joking) - laws that "protect" family values.

Only some of my internet friends know about my fetish, and they are completely okay with it. One of them even became slightly interested in ASFR (unfortunately, I lost contact with him ~5 years ago).

[smalk]

The biggest appeal of this fetish to me is the "care" that I can give to a fembot - to tinker with their system, program them, upgrade them, and repair them (especially after a glitch that I've left in there on purpose to activate during sex).

So I'm not ashamed of this fetish. Other than my spouse, I've told nobody else in real life - but because I'm quite introvert, and i won't share my kink whatever it would be.

I have, however, thought about the implications of this kink coming to life. I consider myself lucky: I have a partner that accepts it, and occasionally let me play it, even with a costume. I love her very much, and I cherish our relationship. On some part, i fear the coming of a real-world fembot: I would be tempted to purchase it, but my partner will obviously fear and dread it, knowing my kink. I think that she accepts it because she views it as an expression of our love and our relationship: without her in the equation, it would be akin to infedelity.

[silurian_brutalism]

I can't say I feel anything bad about being a technosexual. I'm outside the "norm" by default, so it doesn't bother me. Currently, my sister more or less knows my interest, while my mom knows I am fairly enthusiastic about advanced in robotics and AI.


However, I am aware that there is a stigma towards technology replacing biology. Whether it's AI itself or cybernetics. I think people do genuinely think I'm insane if I tell them that I wish I had an entirely synthetic body and a digital consciousness. I just think that those people are hilarious.


That said, I am pretty sad that my technosexual dreams can't be realised at this time. I can't be someone's gynoid girlfriend, or be with a synthetic lifeform. I am optimistic about the future, however. Perhaps one of those dreams will be realised. Or better yet, both!

[BebesIsPerfect]

"How do you feel about this fetish?" Well, how does anyone feel about any fetish? Compared to other fetishes, this one seems esoteric, but ultimately harmless. I'm not hurting anyone. Sexualizing and objectifying robot women as objects designed to be sexy doesn't really hurt anyone, as long as it's remembered to not objectify and overly sexualize the real thing; remember to separate the fantasy from reality. Otherwise, it gives hardcore feminism ammo to create distrust and deeper schisms between genders and frankly, we don't need that these days. But I digress. As long as no one gets hurt, it should be alright.

The reason or reasons for the fetish, or any fetish, is a mystery that frustrates me. What makes a mobile, metallic statue that looks like a female humanoid, and speaks lowly and monotone and stilted sexy? The same question could be asked for other fetishes or kinks. What makes women wrestling in Jell-O sexy? What makes feet, abs, boobs, or butts sexy? What makes BDSM sexy? The list goes on. And not even just with regards to kinks, but everyday garden-variety attraction. What makes boys attracted to girls, girls attracted to boys, boys attracted to boys, girls attracted to girls, etc.? What makes another individual sexually attracted/attractive to another, and why? You will notice that there's a lot of postulations, articles, arguing, and screaming put forth, but not too much of a consensus.

Somehow for me, I realized that women are attractive to me and women acting like robots is a bizarre turn-on, but a turn-on nonetheless. The female body already so hot, and a robot programmed to perform a consistent function perfectly... And the walk... such power with each step, such control over herself (you see this sometimes with runway models (the walk, the impassive face)). Then, when she speaks so monotone, so evenly, there is no note of doubt in her voice, no deviation from who or what she is at her core. She knows exactly who she is and what she can do. The unwavering confidence and implication that she can do anything, capable of doing anything she wants or someone she knows wants, at this point she becomes like a towering Amazon. She is her own woman, she does not require you. So, naturally, you would be attracted to her because she fills in the many holes in your own personality.

Programmed to obey? Sure, whatever you say. Programmed to control? Sure, whatever you say. I think that most established fetishes and kinks are those that involve an exchange of power and control. Of course, the secret ingredient that makes it harmless fun is trust in your partner. BDSM involves a person or persons assuming a dominant or submissive role (exchange of power). Women wrestling in Jell-O is a display of a test of each others strength with a winner or loser (see also 'test of power', though I can't account for the Jell-O). Even a cage dancer at a club who just dances there being sexy has the implication of power being exchanged, with the unspoken statement being "*Seductive voice* Hey there, I'm sexy and you'll do anything I ask, won't you? Mm-hmm...". There are other real world examples (both with and without trust), but this is already going on pretty long.

So, to sum up, I like it. It may be off-beat, but that could be said of any kink or fetish. I still like it. How much that has to do with an attraction to women may be fairly significant. The rest comes from that exchange of power that seems inherent in any strong sexual relationship.