Sex with a robot could be bad for you and society, an editorial published by the British Medical Journal has warned.
Susan Bewley, women’s health professor at Kings College London and Chantal Cox-George of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, expressed their concerns in an editorial published on Monday by BMJ.
Titled “I, Sex Robot: the health implications of the sex robot industry,” the doctors warned that there is a “paucity of an evidence base” to backup the claims that sexbots can reduce any criminal or unhealthy behavior.
“This might falsely reassure clinicians not to concern themselves with changing their current clinical practice,” wrote the medical experts.
“However, an absence of evidence does not excuse the medical profession from discussing and debating the issues, as there will inevitably be consequences for physical, mental and social well-being.”
The editorial went on to explain both the arguments for and against using sexbots for things like safer sexual intercourse, and therapeutic treatment for pedophiles and rapists by encouraging them to engage their fantasies with a human-looking robot.
Bewley and Cox-George called for more research…
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