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Selling sex is said to be the oldest profession in the world. But now a new take on prostitution is causing controversy. Brothels full of sex dolls are opening all over Europe.
Clients go there and instead of paying for sex workers…they pay to spend time with incredibly realistic silicone dolls.
In this film, Sofia Bettiza travels to Northern Italy – where Europe’s only chain of doll brothels has opened its latest establishment.
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sex dolls they’ve been around for
hundreds of years and more are being
bought in the UK than ever before are
you in love with your dolls you can’t
help but form a strange kind of bond
and sex doll brothels are popping up
across Europe will they ever make it
acceptable to choose a doll over a human
the eyes look real you can open the
mouth it’s just a game a different way
to express your sexuality
the Italian city of Turin is famous for
fashion cars and chocolates past a new
business is proving controversial a
brothel with a difference instead of
paying for women clients pay to have sex
with dolls I’m on my way to a secret
location to go and see this bottle for
myself
honestly I don’t really know what to
expect in each room you find a bed a TV
a shower feels really squishy it feels
like like a stress ball and of course at
all the head turns so she’s like a sexy
sexy like a secretary so the lips are so
realistic and really soft the brothel
owners argue this place is ethical
because there’s no exploitation of women
and there’s no risk of getting an STD
even the feet they are manicured so you
clearly think about
if I touch the toes it’s like you know
it’s Jordan it’s like jelly you can open
the mouth we sell my condo thank you oh
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file proper fantasy joke
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it’s easy clients go on a website and
pick a woman or a man they can choose
hair color body shape or outfit prices
start from 80 euros which is about 70
pounds for 30 minutes I’m told most
clients are young men in their 20s and
30s many are straight some are gay or bi
but the owners say women and couples
also visit at the brothel I meet one of
Christopher’s clients he doesn’t want to
be identified he’s tried a sexto it was
a birthday present from his friends if
you’re going to pay for sex why not pay
a real person why pay for at all it’s
very different a prostitute is a real
person and can judge you for the way you
look or for fantasies you have a doll
can’t do that with a doll all I had to
think about was my own satisfaction I
felt more free you have a girlfriend
how did she feel about you coming here
and having sex with a doll she found it
quite funny actually
she didn’t see it as cheating cheating
requires emotions while this was just
physical she just saw it as an
opportunity for me to have fun and try
something out of the ordinary
so if more clients are using dolls does
that mean that they’ll stop going to see
sex workers and how worried are they
about losing their business
Luis is a male escort he says a lot of
his clients who are sexually fluid have
tried DNA by brothel in the beginning we
lost our customers for more than three
weeks
so it was like offensive for me as well
and I became useless or Y so you clients
all went to the brothel instead of
coming to you definitely if they are not
coming to me it means they are going to
both brothel
it’s not only a job it’s a passion from
me and I’m just losing it slowly-slowly
so I’m worried about it like in the UK
it’s illegal to run brothels here but
they aren’t any luzon brothels with
dolls and it seems that many sex workers
don’t actually have a problem with them
tucked away behind a car park a photo
shoot for Playboy is getting underway
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do you find it offensive that someone
who chooses to pay for sex you choose at
all over you
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that sex dolls could replace sex workers
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some aspects a troubling hate looks like
a teenager
yes King one of the dolls in the brothel
is dressed like a schoolgirl
many would see this as a huge ethical
issue but the manager claims it’s just a
fantasy fantasy for man fantasy for men
it’s not just in Italy that people have
conflicting opinions about sex dolls so
I’ve come to London to hear from an
expert I think there are ethical issues
one of the things that’s quite
concerning is the production of
childlike sex dolls there have been
people prosecuted for this quite a few
in the last year I think that is an area
that needs a lot of regulation and we
have to keep an eye on that do you think
these dolls could promote the
objectification of women they’re an
incredibly reductive stereotype of the
female body they’re hyper sexualized and
they’re horrified I think that could be
damaging they’re certainly objectifies
women here in the UK there are people
using dolls in the privacy of their own
homes we’re going to meet one man who
has 9 of them when Dean got divorced and
his kids moved away he started to feel
lonely and so these dolls filled that
void he dresses them up takes photos
that he shares on social media and has
sex with some of them some people would
say that this is a bit weird and a bit
creepy what do you say to that I always
say why why is it creepy they say it is
disgusting why are you wasting your time
you know spend time with real people but
my dolls aren’t judgmental they don’t
say horrible things they wouldn’t have
voted for brexit and that’s why I like
them
Dean got his first all because he was
curious but ended up developing a strong
connection with her they feel like Sarah
is the girlfriend she’s a closest thing
I’ve got to him and how would you feel
if you started dating somebody and they
wanted you to get rid of your dolls if I
met a woman mad enough to date me now
and she said to me you have to get rid
of Sarah yeah I couldn’t do she because
I’d look at her and think well in the
last couple of years she has given me so
much and made me so happy
there’s no way I’ll get rid of that
sometimes I wish my dogs could talk to
me you know and I often look at it as
they say something please you know it
would just be that extra bit of realism
and I can see it coming in the future
and I hope I live long enough to see it
because I think that will be wonderful
and it will help an awful lot of lonely
people there are in the world but just
don’t have the ability to maybe get out
and socialize a lot of people in the
dolls they say that it’s about
companionship it’s about them having
it’s all that they can treat with with
respect like a partner
the global sex toys market is expected
to be worth more than 20 billion pounds
in 2020 and these are now an important
part Dean uses his dolls privately but
in Italy they’ve become a business Spain
Belgium Russia Canada are all embracing
brothels filled with sex dolls so could
this catch on in the UK
