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The claim is that by 2050, ‘Humans will fall in love with robots, humans will marry robots, and humans will have sex with robots, all as (what will be regarded as) ‘normal’ extensions of our feelings of love and sexual desire for other humans.’

All seem to agree, as Levy claims, that ‘love and sex with robots on a grand scale are inevitable.’

Sex robots do, however, already exist in one form: as an irresistible concept,

More than 60% of the world’s cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the five poorest nations in the world,

Only unpeopling, it says, can give the white heterosexual man whatever he wants. And doesn’t he deserve that?

But marginalised women did not feel part of this single struggle; they would argue that it has never existed. A

By letting these types of men—lost, sad, angry, desperate—fall prey to patriarchal forces that convince them they are better off alone, we are failing them, just as we are failing truly vulnerable men when we let them believe they are unlovable, undesirable;

Capitalist patriarchy is hurting men, and when men are hurt, they are much, much more likely to hurt women.

does not require us to demonise male sexuality, which is stunted by patriarchy just as female desire is

‘Do you want a drink?’ It was 11am, but you’re legally allowed to drink any time you like on the day you bury a parent, so I looked at her and said, ‘Christ, yes.’ She opened her giant mum handbag and handed me a Capri-Sun.