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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    Different filler for different holes.

    A sex bot is fine if you keep expectations in check. For the rest, friendship can go a long way. Help them find a hobby they can share with others (regardless of gender) and keep that platonic. That gives them social connection, and the sex bot gives physical release.

    It’s not as good as a complete relationship, but at least there’s less risk of the sex bot creating more problems by trying to have it do human things.

    • Jarix@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      That’s exactly the wrong take.

      Provide something that isn’t what they need in order to fill a need they have.

      That’s like giving someone drugs instead to masque symptoms of working in the problem and addressing it.

      But that’s not right either. If providing sexual encounters was real and done appropriately then there this situation might still exists. If it’s the physical space and intimacy that are triggering, then a robot is a very good choice if it provides some of the missing human experiences that missing out on when desired make for more broken people