Dolls is not like the others landed in Quebec

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The “real dolls” are more true-to-nature and begin to make their appearance in Quebec. It is in the Planet X that we find the first doll of its kind in the region. On the photo, Jean-Luc Audet, owner of the shops at Planet X, with it. In an effort to appearance the actual addition, these objects, which are between 3000 $ and 20 000 $, are sometimes custom designed.

Elisa Cloutier

Sunday, 18 February 2018 00:00

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While they are a great hit in Asia and Europe, the controversial dolls sex, most of the time tailor-made and disturbing realism, are starting to make their appearance in Quebec.

Some of these “dolls” are called “real dolls” are customizable from head to toe, talk, interact, have real hair, nails interchangeable, bodies of porn actresses and are equipped with ” cyberskin “, a silicone-based material created to look like human skin as two drops of water. A new trend that is of concern seriously some sexologists.

Single men

The phenomenon is growing in Europe. A first “closed house” dolls sex has also recently opened its doors in Paris. On the side of China, some companies add artificial intelligence to the experience – allowing the doll to recognize and interact with its user. In us, the passion is felt, according to the owners of erotic shops interviewed by The Newspaper.

“Since few months, the craze is increasing [in Quebec]. It is mainly a market for single men, who is not necessarily interested in dating, ” explains Jean-Luc Audet, owner of the shops at Planet X, the first to be imported from China one of these dolls in Quebec.

Expensive

It should, however, be expensive to acquire, while most are between 3000 $ and 20 000 $.

“We have enough requests to have ordered one !” lance-t-il, so that the doll sells for nearly $ 3000. “It is less expensive because there are so many options that it didn’t. She does not speak and has fake hair, ” says Mr. Audet, who admits that it is an important investment.

For the moment, Mr. Audet admits that these are “models” that are very popular among us.

“They are in fact two halves of the body, such as just the top or the bottom, and it, it was sold at least three to five a week,” he says, noting that these sex toys are worth almost $700.

This type of product is also well-known to the shop Follies of the heart, which order regularly. The trade also suggests a model more and more popular with its clientele.

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“We also have in stock since a little doll that looks like a “real doll”, since there are still a craze, ” says the manager, Melissa Gravel. It is detailed at $ 2000, can not move, but has real hair.

Objects that are of concern to sexologists

The arrival among us of these dolls sexual disquiet some sexologists, who feel that they can contribute to the ” dehumanization of the romantic relationship “.

At least that is the opinion of the sexologist Sylvie Lavallée, who considers this alternative as a ” refuge numbing “. “It isolates people, since this is not a human person, it does chiale not, it has no requirements, it is not irritable, has no PMS, parents, children, best friend, tiring, no ex, no skeletons in the closet “, illustrates it. “A man who feels very shy, and lives of social anxiety, which is a virgin late, who carries on a business in a male environment, it is the perfect candidate for it,” she says, noting that the line is thin between ethics and pleasure.

“There is nothing like the experience of the sexual relationship between two people who are warm, alive and vibrant “, she insisted, even going so far as to prefer the use of escorts for a patient with this type of dolls sexual. “At least, she lives, she moves, she exists, she speaks, she has a sense of humor and a soul,” says the sexologist.

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Sylvie Lavallée
Sex therapist

“Dig the problem “

The sound of a bell is the same for the sex therapist Véronique Larrivière, who believes that these dolls are only “digging” the problem for a man who chooses this alternative to avoid the meetings. “It’s sort of surrender and do nothing to try to improve the situation,” says the one who also deplores the image of women through these sex toys top of the range.

“We focus on the fact that these women are always in agreement, not chialent not. It brings a vision very negative couple life “, laments it, considering, moreover, that these objects help to ” push the fantasy to perfection, that does not exist “.