While still frowned upon by the many, sex dolls still stand strong as sexual wellness products. With the global pandemic affecting our sex lives, products like this that provide sexual gratification became more popular.
Some people buy sex dolls so they can achieve more intense orgasms when doing self-stimulation. Indeed, having sex with these synthetic humans provides more pleasure than what’s felt when masturbating.
Sex dolls may have up to three different orifices: oral, anal, and vaginal openings. Each of these provides a different experience. Furthermore, their manufacturers try their best to recreate real sex sensations when designing these sex dolls. For instance, they started adding heating functions to imitate body warmth. Thus, spending steamy time with them would feel like you’re having sex with an actual person.
Sex dolls are so great that some people actually married their sex dolls. In recent years, self-professed pansexual Kazakh Yuri Tolochko repeatedly made it to the headlines.
First, he became famous when he married his sex doll Margo in November 2020. A dozen guests attended the traditional ceremony, and photos of it were uploaded on Yuri’s Instagram. His name went trending again when news broke out that he had divorced Margo after cheating on her. Afterward, he went into a relationship with sex dolls, Lola and Luna. Lola is quite an unusual one. She sports a human head and a hen-inspired torso. Yuuri had her customized to look like that after he had sex with supermarket-bought chicken meat. How often do you read sentences like that? But to each their own. You probably have kinks and fetishes that others don’t have. So who are we to judge?
Anyway, regardless of the form Yuri’s sex dolls have, he got them because they give him sexual satisfaction. They make his sexual fantasies come to life. The same is true for most sex doll owners.
However, sometimes, as ironic as it may sound, sex dolls are not bought because of their sexual capabilities.
Xie Tianrong And His Synthetic Fiance
Meet 36-year-old Hong Kong man Xie Tianrong and his sex doll fiance, Mochi. They got engaged in January this year. You might think his story is similar to muscleman Yuri Tolochko’s story. But it is not.
Xie Tianrong days he has never had sex with Mochi. He says he would not do it, nor would he kiss her for fear that he might damage her features. Besides, again, sex is not what he wants from Mochi. Instead, it is companionship. “I respect Mochi and only want her as a companion,” he says.
Tianrong’s attraction towards sex dolls is a discovery he made ten years ago. He says he saw one displayed in a retail store, and it captured his fancy. However, at that time, sex dolls were too expensive. One costs 80,000 yuan or $12,367.82. Since he cannot afford them, he dispelled the thought.
In 2019, Tianrong found a silicone sex doll (Mochi) that was on sale online. The said doll costs only 10,000 yuans or $1,545.95. It was a huge discount, and since he has wanted to own one since forever, he ordered the sex doll.
Ever since he took the delivery from Mainland China, Tianrong devoted all his time and attention to Mochi. He was so pleased. He even says that he’s happier now that he is in a relationship with a doll than when he was dating a human.
Xie Tianrong says that his previous girlfriends would stare at their phones for days on end. At the same time, they always ask him for something. He is getting the short end of the stick.
Meanwhile, with Mochi, things are different. She does not demand anything from him. Furthermore, she gives him all of her attention, which he was grateful for. With these advantages sex dolls have over real women, Tianrong says he’s not attracted strictly to sex dolls only.
You may see his reasoning as an excuse for being a lazy boyfriend. But that’s not true, and you can see it the way he pampers Mochi. Tianrong buys her gifts like expensive shoes and clothes. He even gave her an iPhone 12.
Sex Dolls As Companions
Xie Tianrong says that Mochi sits on a chair beside his bed every night. Probably, he does not cuddle with Mochi while he sleeps because, again, he does not want to “harm” her. Tianrong really takes good care of Mochi. He regularly bathes her with a damp cloth and applies talcum powder. It’s as if she were a real person.
Mochi, in return, keeps Xie Tianrong away from being lonely. She prevents him from feeling alone, especially since he decided to go against dating real women. In other words, Mochi, the sex doll, lets Xie Tianrong feel like he has a place in the world.
Mochi is not the only sex doll that does this. Masayuki Ozaki – a 45-year old Japanese physiotherapist, also chose the path of love doll companionship. What brought him here was the constant bickering and disagreements he had with his wife.
Now, sex dolls in the past would not be able to do this as effectively. These blow-up sex dolls look comical, to say the least. Meanwhile, sex dolls right now are more lifelike. Admittedly, they are still imperfect. But, they are so close to what real people look like that they even became influencers on social media. According to their owners who run their accounts, most of their followers think they are actual people.
With this improved aesthetics, it became easier for sex dolls to provide a human presence. For people who cannot have relationships with fellow humans, this is most welcome.
Xie Tianrong and Mochi’s tale could serve as an eye-opener. It could inform people of this side of sex dolls. Their story can let others know that sex dolls are not always connected to what’s considered lewd or vulgar despite their name. Maybe, when more people realize this, buying sex dolls would be normalized. There’s nothing wrong with buying them in the first place. But the removal of the stigma around it will help sex doll owners feel a lot safer.