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First Robot Brothel Set to Open in US, But Religious Gov't Officials Trying to Ban Sex w/ Comput

• Free Thought Project

A Toronto company is planning to open a sex robot retailer that will allow customers to rent the "adult love dolls" to see if they want to purchase one, essentially making the business a robot brothel.

The company, KinkySdollS, opened the first North American robot brothel in Toronto last year, and have presumably done well enough to open up a second location in the states.

Legal experts say that the company is not breaking any laws and have every right to open their business, but local politicians and puritans are seeking to prevent any establishment of this nature from opening in the city.

Mayor Sylvester Turner said that even if there are no laws on the books that make a robot brothel illegal, he will just write new laws.

"This is not the kind of business I would like to see in Houston, and certainly this is not the kind of business the city is seeking to attract," Turner told the Houston Chronicle.

Houston attorney Richard Weaver, who specializes in business law, said that this type of business is currently legal, but that could change if new legislation is passed.

"Unfortunately, there are currently no laws in the U.S. to prevent the sale of the type of dolls intended for this 'robot brothel. Unless a new ordinance is passed, this business will likely open and operate in Houston," Weaver said.

The fact that this is even a concern for people shows that this country has a long way to go before shedding its puritan culture. Sex is the most natural thing in the living world, but in this society, it is still quarantined to the darkest alleys of our communities and the deepest corners of our minds.

People can be misled into thinking that we live in an "oversexualized" society because it is so often used in television and advertising. However, the reason why sex is so effective in advertising and popular on TV is because it is regulated so heavily in the real world. Compared to most places in the world and most times in history, modern America is actually an extremely sexually repressed society, and the reaction to this new and strange industry is a perfect example of that problem.

In his statement, the mayor said that he believed a business like this could cause men to "dehumanize women."

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