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>>>Women most certainly don't resist male contraception. On the contrary, women are usually the ones who have to keep reminding men to do it, or to use more rel

>>>Women most certainly don't resist male contraception. On the contrary, women are usually the ones who have to keep reminding men to do it, or to use more reliable methods. I should have clarified, I wasn't referring to condoms but to pill-style oral contraceptives. Entirely my fault for the lack of specificity.[1][2] >>>I'd say that women have embraced sex robots a long time ago. Not as a replacement for THEMSELVES. [3][4][5] [1]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1251868/Of-course-women-dont-want-male-pill--end-happy-little-accidents.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1251868/Of-course... [2]https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-male-pill-contraception-pregnancy-scientific-advancement-sperm-a7378031.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-male-pill-contracep... [3]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6730555/Swedish-feminists-demand-ban-sex-robots-dehumanise-women-just-like-pornography.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6730555/Swedish-fem... [4]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/25/ban-sex-robots-dolls-market https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/25/ban-se... [5]https://www.feministcurrent.com/2017/04/27/sex-robots-epitomize-patriarchy-offer-men-solution-threat-female-independence/ https://www.feministcurrent.com/2017/04/27/sex-robots-epitom...

int_19h 7y ago
I was hoping for some studies. This is a good example of "anecdotes are not data", and especially so that most of these are tabloid op-eds. It's a stretch to conclude something as broad as "women resist things like sex robots and male contraception" - such a claim strongly implies the majority, but all I'm seeing here is a few angry people, and sensationalist journalists happy to give them a platform.
- CapricornNoble 7y ago
  From[1]: "For the second question, we found a marginal effect with men being more open to the idea of having sex robots (36 men in favor vs. 21 against) as a result of filling out the survey, while women being more against it (19 women in favor vs. 24 against)" Or from[2]:"The only specific robot type with significant effects was sex robots: men (Mdn=3) reported them as being significantly more useful (women, Mdn=4), and men (Mdn=5) were also more willing to acquire a sex robot (women, Mdn=5)." But both of these are user/owner-based perspectives on sex robots, rather than directly answering "How do you feel about competing with robots in the sexual marketplace?" However, [3] points out that "Women compete by enhancing physical appearance and denigrating rivals’ reputations." [emphasis mine]. It stands to reason that women would continue to denigrate sexual competitors, even if those competitors are artificial constructs. [1]https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/scheutzarnold16hri.pdf https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/scheutzarnold16hri.pdf [2]http://hci.cs.umanitoba.ca/assets/publication_files/beyond_pink_and_blue.pdf http://hci.cs.umanitoba.ca/assets/publication_files/beyond_p... [3]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701...

int_19h 7y ago

I was hoping for some studies. This is a good example of "anecdotes are not data", and especially so that most of these are tabloid op-eds. It's a stretch to conclude something as broad as "women resist things like sex robots and male contraception" - such a claim strongly implies the majority, but all I'm seeing here is a few angry people, and sensationalist journalists happy to give them a platform.

CapricornNoble 7y ago
From[1]: "For the second question, we found a marginal effect with men being more open to the idea of having sex robots (36 men in favor vs. 21 against) as a result of filling out the survey, while women being more against it (19 women in favor vs. 24 against)" Or from[2]:"The only specific robot type with significant effects was sex robots: men (Mdn=3) reported them as being significantly more useful (women, Mdn=4), and men (Mdn=5) were also more willing to acquire a sex robot (women, Mdn=5)." But both of these are user/owner-based perspectives on sex robots, rather than directly answering "How do you feel about competing with robots in the sexual marketplace?" However, [3] points out that "Women compete by enhancing physical appearance and denigrating rivals’ reputations." [emphasis mine]. It stands to reason that women would continue to denigrate sexual competitors, even if those competitors are artificial constructs. [1]https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/scheutzarnold16hri.pdf https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/scheutzarnold16hri.pdf [2]http://hci.cs.umanitoba.ca/assets/publication_files/beyond_pink_and_blue.pdf http://hci.cs.umanitoba.ca/assets/publication_files/beyond_p... [3]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701...