Sex Dolls and the Recession

Recession Blues Hit The Sex Doll Business

Posted by: Susannah Breslin Filed in: sex
9:20AM, Wednesday September 23rd 2009

By now, you’ve probably heard of RealDolls. They’re those lifelike, anatomically correct silicone sex dolls that costs thousands of dollars. They’ve appeared in movies (“Lars and the Real Girl”), on TV (Howard Stern, natch), and in books (Still Lovers). These days, though, it seems the love doll industry is taking a hit. In these tough economic times, not every guy who longs for a synthetic lover with a fully articulated internal armature has the means to buy one. Sniff. The man who dreamed of spending $6,499 on a life partner with a choice of vagina attachments may be S.O.L. Thankfully, the folks at RealDoll.com are offering some unique deals. “Order a RealDoll, RealDoll2 or Male RealDoll2 and get a FREE FACE!!” the website advertises. “Order a Female Flat Back Torso get the Head Kit FREE!” You know, this 21st century depression might not be such a bad thing if it means free faces and head kits for lonely guys looking for women with removable visages.

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majicksand
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 08:31 am: [report]

Damn. Sounds like all those lonely guys will have to suck it up and find a woman the old fashioned way.

SamL
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 09:06 am: [report]

Aaaahhh! Poor things… Have to resort to traditional methods of getting their rocks off. Welcome back to Mrs Hand and her five daughters!

Queen Frostine
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 10:12 am: [report]

So wait, am I reading this right? You can buy the head, but without a face? I get that guys may not want the head attachment (freaky as it may be), but who would buy the head and not buy a face to go on it?

effing hickster
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 10:39 am: [report]

@Queen: I think they mean an extra face, so a guy won’t have to do the same girl twice?

Anyway, why couldn’t he afford the doll when he doesn’t have to clothe, feed, or take her out at all? Think of the money he’s saving!

effing hickster
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 03:16 pm: [report]

@majicksand: Of course he’s lacking the companionship, but a guy who uses a doll is probably not socially adept in the first place.

Queen Frostine
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 03:27 pm: [report]

@ effing hickster,

Perhaps the company could offer a head swap program for those financially challenged men looking to change it up, LOL.

majicksand
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 04:17 pm: [report]

@Queen Frostine: Ewww! Funny, but still… ewww!

@hickster: We’ve all been socially awkward at some point. Mine was seventh grade. My best friend’s lasted until college. We both still have our moments. Deciding you aren’t going to bother and creating a fantasy relationship with a doll is giving up. It’s cowardly and lazy. Social awkwardness can be overcome. Laziness and cowardice are ingrained character traits which is the real reason these men end up where they are.

General ‘you’ btw, not personal ‘you’.

effing hickster
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 04:20 pm: [report]

@Queen Frostine: Wait, wait, wait! The mouths are meant for oral! Ick! NO TRADE-INS!