Men who have sex with robot dolls: a Foucauldian discourse analysis
Sextech involves technology aimed at enhancing sexual experience and human sexuality. Part of this technology includes digisexuality which concerns sexual and emotional engagement with a sex robot. Research investigating both the positive and negative roles sex that robots may play in emotional and...
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| author | Yalcinkaya, Ecem Banbury, Samantha Visick, Amanda Chandler, Chris Lusher, Joanne |
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| description | Sextech involves technology aimed at enhancing sexual experience and human sexuality. Part of this technology includes digisexuality which concerns sexual and emotional engagement with a sex robot. Research investigating both the positive and negative roles sex that robots may play in emotional and physical well-being remains limited. The present study therefore examined the motivation for men having intimate relationships with lifelike sex robots and revealed an in-depth understanding of the role that sex robots play in that motivation. Existing content was gathered through online platforms including documentaries and video interviews to gain an in-depth understanding of the aspects that lead individuals to develop sexual relationships with sex robots. A summative content analysis and Foucauldian discourse was conducted via an inductive and exploratory analysis based on the reports of eight men on their emotional and sexual relationship with sex robots. As a result, four major discourses emerged from the data that encapsulated differing drives of human-robotic sexual relationships. These were 1) the male power fantasy 2) powerlessness 3) cognitive dissonance and 4) power dynamics. It was found that all elements were co-related and interconnected whereby powerover and power-to constructs were identified throughout the discourse. The rationalizations attributed to engaging in robot sex are discussed using a critical discursive stance. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:86512023-07-26T08:25:36Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8651/ Men who have sex with robot dolls: a Foucauldian discourse analysis Yalcinkaya, Ecem Banbury, Samantha Visick, Amanda Chandler, Chris Lusher, Joanne 150 Psychology Sextech involves technology aimed at enhancing sexual experience and human sexuality. Part of this technology includes digisexuality which concerns sexual and emotional engagement with a sex robot. Research investigating both the positive and negative roles sex that robots may play in emotional and physical well-being remains limited. The present study therefore examined the motivation for men having intimate relationships with lifelike sex robots and revealed an in-depth understanding of the role that sex robots play in that motivation. Existing content was gathered through online platforms including documentaries and video interviews to gain an in-depth understanding of the aspects that lead individuals to develop sexual relationships with sex robots. A summative content analysis and Foucauldian discourse was conducted via an inductive and exploratory analysis based on the reports of eight men on their emotional and sexual relationship with sex robots. As a result, four major discourses emerged from the data that encapsulated differing drives of human-robotic sexual relationships. These were 1) the male power fantasy 2) powerlessness 3) cognitive dissonance and 4) power dynamics. It was found that all elements were co-related and interconnected whereby powerover and power-to constructs were identified throughout the discourse. The rationalizations attributed to engaging in robot sex are discussed using a critical discursive stance. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 2023-03-01 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8651/2/WJARR-2023-0362.pdf Yalcinkaya, Ecem, Banbury, Samantha, Visick, Amanda, Chandler, Chris and Lusher, Joanne (2023) Men who have sex with robot dolls: a Foucauldian discourse analysis. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 17 (3). pp. 195-205. ISSN 2581-9615 https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.3.0362 10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.3.0362 |
| spellingShingle | 150 Psychology Yalcinkaya, Ecem Banbury, Samantha Visick, Amanda Chandler, Chris Lusher, Joanne Men who have sex with robot dolls: a Foucauldian discourse analysis |
| title | Men who have sex with robot dolls: a Foucauldian discourse analysis |
| title_full | Men who have sex with robot dolls: a Foucauldian discourse analysis |
| title_fullStr | Men who have sex with robot dolls: a Foucauldian discourse analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Men who have sex with robot dolls: a Foucauldian discourse analysis |
| title_short | Men who have sex with robot dolls: a Foucauldian discourse analysis |
| title_sort | men who have sex with robot dolls a foucauldian discourse analysis |
| topic | 150 Psychology |
| url | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8651/2/WJARR-2023-0362.pdf |
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