Are Sex Dolls Just Sex Tools

Can you imagine how many silicone dolls are sold in a year? According to the "2020 Lifelike Sex Doll Adult Products Consumption Report", there are about 2 million in the world. Due to the raging global epidemic, the time everyone is staying at home has also increased, and the sales of sex dolls have also increased exponentially.Although the market is hot, silicone dolls are rarely seen in daily life. Sellers unanimously pledged secrecy, while buyers kept it a secret. Silicone dolls seem to exist only in a virtual online world. Why are the sales of sex dolls so hot in daily life, how do these dolls sneak into the hands of customers, and where do customers buy these sex dolls?This is the question asked by the owner of the Siliko Doll brand in response to the current situation.
Today, I will take you to uncover the problems of the production, sales and use of sex dolls. Sex dolls are no longer just people's sex tools.

1. Investigations have found that the types of sex dolls and the types of consumer groups are increasing

The production and sales director of a sex doll in China Cosdoll once said: the company's forum has more than 220,000 members, and the ratio of male to female is 65%: 35%. Among consumers who buy dolls, more than 90% are men, and men between the ages of 22 and 55 are the most important purchasers. Indeed, closer to the public's conjecture, the primary buyers of silicone dolls are men, because in the early days, dolls were more regarded as sexual products.
However, in recent years, the two-dimensional crowd has joined the player group, and more women are buying dolls. They will buy the dolls back and raise them as "sisters". And due to the increase in female players, the company launched male silicone dolls in 2016.
The data of the 2020 Online Sex Toys Consumption Report of the First Financial Business Data Center shows that young people in first-tier cities are more willing to pay for dolls in terms of doll consumption, and the per capita consumption of physical dolls is 1.6 times that of low-tier cities.
People who own silicone dolls often call themselves "baby friends", even "baby fathers" and "baby mothers", and call their small circles "baby circles".

2. The main purpose for which people buy sex dolls

The doll friends divide the people in the circle into two categories. One is the "baby party", which mainly relies on the doll to solve their psychological needs. They only regard the doll as a humanoid doll, and like to dress the doll, or perform role-playing, and take pictures of the doll. is their favorite. Some of these people are looking for spiritual sustenance, some are couples without children, and they buy a doll to keep as their daughter;
The other category is the "pop baby party", which mainly focuses on solving physiological needs. More users is a combination of both needs. Yang Dongyue, the founder of Sanhui Doll, said that among such people who solve their physical needs, in addition to being single, 30% to 40% have girlfriends and families.
There is also a group of people who rely on silicone dolls to meet their physiological needs, such as the disabled and the elderly who live alone, who are difficult to meet their own needs in normal social life.
When the well-known Japanese adult doll manufacturer Dongfang Industrial launched the first "AV actress sex doll" "Smile" in 1977, it was for the purpose of facilitating the use of such people. At that time, there were only inflatable dolls in the Japanese market, and the main users were the disabled and the elderly living alone. However, inflatable dolls were bulky and difficult to fix, making them difficult to use. At that time, "smile" was very valuable, and Dongfang Industry also set up a discount system for people with disabilities to reduce the burden on such people.
Although the public has added a "sex" filter when looking at silicone dolls, in fact, silicone dolls are not the only ones with this kind of label. In addition to adult products, it also has a lot of them.
But there are also people who suffer from gynophobia or blushing, and cannot face women naturally.
There are also people who are physically handicapped and unable to have physical intimacy with women. There are even men with mental disorders, who have grown to a sexually active age and whose needs cannot be resolved, their families have to turn to Eastern Industries for help. "
These things about sex dolls explain why people choose to buy sex dolls. Because dolls have neither personality nor soul, compared with real people, it saves a lot of trouble in communication; on the other hand, the appearance of dolls is carefully developed by the manufacturer, and all have perfect body and face, and some manufacturers also Provide customized services, you can make special dolls according to the customer's hobbies, and you can take home a "dream lover" who obeys your words with only money, why not do it?

3. Analysis and explanation of some experts on the popularity of sex dolls

According to Tong Li, a sex education expert and psychologist, silicone dolls are only a substitute and satisfaction for real life, and they are more inclined to possess and control a person. The owner of the doll may be frustrated in real life, and it is difficult to establish a better realistic relationship, or some psychological needs cannot be satisfied in reality, and this part of the fantasy needs to be satisfied in a virtual world.
Some people may not be able to express their desires with a real partner and choose to find satisfaction from dolls. Although dolls cannot replace real people, they can achieve part of emotional satisfaction, and even repair pain and loss, and satisfy part of their psychological wishes.
Psychologist Dr. Aaron Ben-Zeév has written that intimacy is much more than sex, and its most important feature is meaningful, lasting and friendly reciprocity that feels unique and irreplaceable. Sexual encounters of all kinds are brief and superficial in nature, and it doesn't matter who the partner is, it can even be imaginary.
So, turning to dolls or robotic companions does not negatively affect sexual satisfaction, but the lasting and deep intimacy of intimacy depends on positive imagination, not pure fantasy, such as imagining metal or plastic as unique and irreplaceable important existence.
In the short term, he says, a relationship between humans and puppets or robots may make sense. Because dolls bring them purpose and comfort in life, doll friends do cherish dolls very much. But this substantial fantasy has little value in the long run.
There are many lonely people who do temporarily solve their sexual loneliness through sex dolls, but in order to get rid of loneliness for a long time, they need to rely on the communication generated by sex dolls. Only communication can truly get rid of the feeling of loneliness.