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Abstract

Sex has existed for as long as humans have lived. However, it was not until the 1950s that researchers began to study the science behind it. This chapter covers a brief history of sex research, as well as the physiological and neurological processes of the human body and brain during sexual encounters. A history of the development of technologies related to sex, including examples of sex dolls, sex robots, and other sexual artefacts, is also presented.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Some content of this chapter is from David Levy.

  2. 2.

    Masters of Sex was aired on Showtime Networks from 2013 to 2016.

  3. 3.

    The Journal of Sex Research. Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjsr20/current.

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    Smell Dating. The first mail odor dating service. https://smell.dating/.

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    The glands located on either side of the vaginal orifice that secrete a lubricating mucus.

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    Robert Trost, 2005. Private communication with David Levy.

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    FUNDAWEAR - Vibrating Touch Underwear. https://www.wearablex.com/pages/fundawear.

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    SaSi Vibrator in Pink. Amazon.com. https://www.amazon.com/Je-Joue-SaSi-Vibrator-Pink/dp/B0030WSDS6.

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    Love Glider Penetration Machine. Amazon.com. https://www.amazon.com/LoveBots-AC342-Love-Glider-Machine/dp/B00767NBUQ.

  10. 10.

    The sole review on Amazon.com as of May 2013 suggests that this product is poorly made and describes it as “a piece of junk”.

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    Clyde DeSouza. 2013. “Sexbots, Ethics, And Transhumans”. Lifeboat.com. http://lifeboat.com/blog/2013/06/sexbots-ethics-and-transhumans.

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    Wearable X. 2017. https://www.wearablex.com/pages/fundawear.

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    Samantha. Ars Electronica Festival 2017. https://www.aec.at/ai/en/samantha/.

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    Harmony from Realbotix. https://realbotix.com.

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Cheok, A.D., Zhang, E.Y. (2019). Sex and a History of Sex Technologies. In: Human–Robot Intimate Relationships. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94730-3_2

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