A study shows that Realistic sex dolls can provide companionship and psychological counseling for lonely, isolated disabled, and elderly people. They believe that lifelike sex doll manufacturers should not only cater to young consumers but also consider how to meet the market needs of people over 65 and disabled.
While the aging process may predispose older adults to certain diseases, such as arthritis, Nancy Jack, a distinguished professor of bioethics and the humanities, writes in a new paper published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. But that doesn’t take away the emotional ups and downs and inborn loneliness.
It’s not surprising that the current sex doll industry focuses primarily on the young, able-bodied population, rather than the disabled and the elderly, due to the prevailing indifference to the inner world of deviant groups.
We hold ageist attitudes and negative stereotypes about them, believing they are too old or incapable of taking care of themselves to indulge in them, that they have psychological problems as special or weird. We have a similar attitude towards people with disabilities, and most research has focused on protecting them from the psyche of able-bodied people, rather than considering them as human beings in terms of needs and states.
Dr. Nancy noted that the involuntary lack of human companionship in older people’s lives threatens their identity and dignity and that designing and marketing premium sex dolls for the elderly and disabled would be a “game-changer”. She added that sex dolls designed specifically for older adults could encourage them to improve their physical and mental health and address the age- and body-stigmatizing attitudes that prevail in society.
With the help of sex dolls, they can continue to live the way they value, including maintaining close relationships, having fun in life, and maintaining a high quality of life in old age. Just as some companion sex robots are designed to help them with functions such as eating and dressing, they may also be designed to assist with social functions as a source of intimacy and friendship.
Research has shown that many people do not receive the necessary support to maintain their mental state as they age or become physically limited, and health care professionals often don’t address these as an issue during counseling. While critics of the sex doll industry say the dolls promote the idealization of human beauty and encourage the objectification of humans, they can also provide a powerful counter-narrative for discrimination.
