Robot fetishism
Robot fetishism is the name popularly used to describe a
fetishistic attraction to humanoid or non-humanoid
robots or people dressed in robot costumes. A related fetish is
statuephilia or agalmatophilia, which involves attraction to
mannequins or
statues. A common fantasy related to these fetishes involves transformation
into a robot, mannequin, doll or statue.
It is sometimes referred to by the initials ASFR, from the
alt.sex.fetish.robots newsgroup.
Robot fetishism can be viewed as a form of
erotic objectification.
The
gynoid in
Fritz Lang's film
Metropolis can be viewed as an early example of the robot as fetish object.
Frank Zappa's classic
concept album Joe's Garage dealt with robot fetishism as a sort of
perversion where the protagonist, "Joe", sinks into a life of sexual confusion and meaningless experimentation. In
Star Trek: The Next Generation, the android,
Data, was the object of sexual desire more than once up to actual sex and he was extensively programmed with numerous sexual techniques.
The
fetish artist Hajime Sorayama is notable for his depiction of robots as erotic objects, and video artist
Chris Cunningham has also depicted robots as fetish objects, perhaps most notably in a music video to accompany the music of
Björk.
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android*
gynoid*
Rubber fetishism*
Spandex fetishism* http://www.cyrune.com/Metropolis.html
* http://www.sexuality.org/l/fetish/robofaq.html
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THE TECHNOSEXUALITY, PYGMALIONIST & MIND CONTROL FETISH FAQ 3.0*
SexRobot.com - Exploring the coming world of sex robot fetishes*
"ASFR" a documentary short by filmmaker Allison de Fren
