“Naughty Japanese Babe:” An analysis of racialized sex tech designs

Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI:10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100080

Kenneth R. Hanson , Chloé Locatelli PhD

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Recent technological developments and growing acceptance of sex tech has brought increased scholarly attention to sex tech entrepreneurs, personified sex tech devices and applications, and the adult industry. Drawing on qualitative case studies of a sex doll brothel named “Cybrothel” and the virtual entertainer, or “V-Tuber,” known as Projekt Melody, as well as quantitative sex doll advertisement data, this study examines the racialization of personified sex technologies. Bringing attention to the racialization of personified sex tech is long overdue, as much scholarship to date has focused on how sex tech reproduces specific gendered meanings, despite decades of intersectional feminist scholarship demonstrating that gendered and racialized meanings are mutually constituted. General trends in the industry are shown, but particular emphasis is placed on the overrepresentation of Asianized femininity among personified sex tech industries.

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"顽皮的日本宝贝："种族化性科技设计分析

最近的技术发展和人们对性科技的日益接受，使学术界越来越关注性科技企业家、人格化的性科技设备和应用以及成人产业。本研究通过对名为 "Cybrothel "的性玩偶妓院和名为 "Projekt Melody "的虚拟艺人（或称 "V-Tuber"）的定性案例研究，以及定量性玩偶广告数据，探讨了人格化性技术的种族化问题。尽管数十年来交叉性女权主义学术研究表明，性别和种族意义是相互构成的，但迄今为止，许多学术研究都侧重于性技术如何再现特定的性别意义，因此，早就应该关注人格化性技术的种族化问题了。本报告展示了该行业的总体趋势，但特别强调了亚洲女性在人格化性科技行业中的过度代表性。

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