“Fictional and factual fembots reflect the same regressive male fantasies: sexual outlets and the promise of emotional validation and companionship. Underpinning this are masculine anxieties regarding women, and fear of technology escaping our control.”
Discussion
This fear, that humanity will stop reproducing because of AI girlfriends always seems backwards to me. As critical as men think they are in the reproduction equation.... it's never come close to being difficult for a woman to find a way to become pregnant. In fact it's often too out-of-our-control easy.
It's AI boyfriends y'all should be worrying about. 🤣
Yes, but that's only part of the equation. The unfathomably high dating standards that many people nowadays adhere to are a huge factor as well. Many men seem to have very low standards when it comes to dating, while many women seem to have set their standards too high. It's not really any gender's fault. Financial and economic conditions have also played a huge role in the creation of such limitations on reproduction.
Talk to any gender & they'll bemoan the impossible standards of the other.
I can't count the number of times I've heard complaints that women rejecting abuse & control is them being "too picky". Dating is hard. Finding the right person even harder. Playing the gender-blame-game is reductive.
Men who complain that women who are "rejecting abuse & control is them being 'too picky'" are men who just possess an overabundance of insecurity. That only looks bad on them. But, women have faults too. Much of the time I've noticed that women place too high of a significance on money. Quality men don't always possess wealth. Many of them tend to be abusive and extremely degrading towards women.