How high-tech are Chinese sex dolls?

yiyi Tang
3 min readMay 3, 2021

We all know that China’s population is huge and the ratio of men to women is extremely imbalanced. Therefore, fat chubby sex dolls are a promising industry for the Chinese market. As China faces a huge imbalance of the ratio of men to women and an aging population, there are many Chinese companies want to connect lonely men and retirees with a new type of partner: this partner is a smart doll that can talk, play music, and turn on the dishwasher.

In many factories where sex dolls are made, we found many colorful silicone sex dolls lined up hanging in the warehouse, but engineers are working hard to breathe life into them. A programmer in laboratory overalls asked a sample of a sex doll who was petite, fair-skinned, wearing a white transparent shirt, sitting on a chair: “What’s your name?” “My name is Xiaodie, but you can also call me. Baby. If I’m not happy, I won’t answer your question.” Although the doll’s lips did not move, the speaker made a robot sound. Fluttershy is essentially a sex doll equipped with a wireless function. The wireless function is similar to the Apple mobile phone voice assistant function, which can go online and respond to voice commands. “Users can use Apple mobile apps or verbal instructions to control this sex doll, which costs 25,000 yuan (US$4,000)-much more expensive than the traditional dolls sold by the company that are worth 2,500 yuan.

Why does China need big boobs sex dolls? First, the serious imbalance between Chinese men and women is caused by China’s one-child policy and traditional patriarchal thinking. The patriarchal ideology has led to selective and illegal abortions. For every 100 girls born, about 114 boys are born, much higher than the global average. Second, China’s population is rapidly aging, which puts pressure on the medical and social welfare systems. Sex dolls can solve this major social problem in China. Due to the insufficient number of women in China, there is a demand for skinny sex doll products, but sex dolls are not only for solving sex needs. There are other functions. They are designing dolls that have meaningful conversations with customers and help with housework. Ultimately, these dolls can act as medical assistants or receptionists. “

It is estimated that more than 80% of sex toys in the world are produced in China, and more than 1 million Chinese are engaged in this industry with an output value of 6.6 billion U.S. dollars. Xiao Meili, a well-known Chinese feminist, said: Some men always have untimely expectations of women. The “sex and housewife robot” may actually be helping women. Xiao Meili said in an interview with the Agence France-Presse reporter: “Many men have similar expectations of women: sex, housework, childbirth, and filial piety. They never think women are independent individuals.” “If every ignorant man They shop sex dolls for themselves, which will liberate many women.”

It is hoped that more advanced robots can be developed in the near future, with artificial intelligence, complex facial expressions, speech recognition systems for limb movement, and eyes that can recognize human movements.

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