Dystopian Panic, Transphobic Hatred, and Annihilation Anxiety: Critiquing Radical Feminist Opposition to Sex Robots
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Résumé
In this thesis, I critically analyze radical feminist opposition to the development, sale, and use of sex robots, focusing on the Campaign Against Sex Robots and its affiliated scholars and activists.Drawing from theoretical frameworks including sexpositive feminism, queer theory, and posthumanism, I use a feminist critical discourse analysis to examine the ideological assumptions that underpin feminist anti-sex robot arguments.This thesis traces two interrelated themes: how 'real' womanhood is discursively defined and defended by anti-sex robot feminists through the violent exclusion of certain bodies, and how these feminists mobilize discourses of love, intimacy, and relationships to bolster normative heterosexual relationality.Ultimately, I argue that while anti-sex robot feminists claim to oppose systemic violence, their arguments reveal a deep investment in violence, particularly against trans women, in the name of protecting a narrowly defined ideal of womanhood and intimacy.doll, with a special robotic head that can make facial expressions, blink, look around, and speak (RealDoll, 2021). 1 While her body is flexible and poseable, "it is not equipped with animatronic parts yet [emphasis added]" (RealDoll, 2021).She comes with a choice of five different faces, and nearly every other aspect of her appearance, including her hairstyle, makeup, eye color, and nipple shape, can be customized.2 The RealDoll X runs AI software that lets the user customize her personality and voice and interact with her, and she can be linked to an digital avatar through a subscription-based mobile app.She also has a Bluetooth-enabled insert that detects touch, allowing the user to bring her "from mild arousal to orgasm" (RealDoll, 2021).Realbotix TM CEO Matt McMullen has recently revealed that the company is working on a male sex robot that can be programmed to be gay or straight, and a lesbian version of the existing female robot (Wakefield, 2021).A fully animated robot body is also in development (Wakefield, 2021).For the time being, those interested in an artificial companion can purchase what is effectively a female sex doll with an animatronic head, running AI software similar to Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa.Sentient, fully mobile, truly human-like sex robots are beyond the limits of existing technology -for now, at least.Perhaps unsurprisingly given that sex robots sit at the intersection of two notoriously contentious topics, sex and technology, their development, sale, and use has 1 Whatever one's opinion is of sex robots, the artistry and attention to detail put into their design is impressive.They look strikingly human.Krizia Puig (2017), who visited the Abyss Creations/RealDoll factory for their own MA thesis research, describes being transfixed by their tiny, realistic details: "the modeling of their faces, the freckles on their shoulders and the wrinkles on their heels...I spent minutes looking at their pupils and detailing the pores of their silicone skin" (p.65). 2 To a point, at least.There is a narrow range of skin tones, facial features, hair textures, and body types to choose from.As they currently exist, these robots very much conform to normative ideals of feminine beauty, thinness, and whiteness (see Puig, 2017).
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Scores du classifieur distillé par catégorie (deux têtes)
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
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| Métarecherche | 0,007 | 0,010 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,001 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,001 | 0,001 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,009 | 0,067 |
| Communication savante | 0,008 | 0,007 |
| Science ouverte | 0,001 | 0,006 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,004 | 0,009 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,003 | 0,000 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découleClassification
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