Sex dolls: the elite's cozy monopoly is coming to an end

The sens business has an owner, and it isn't the end user

When hyperrealistic sens dolls start becoming affordable, the establishment that lives off the monopoly on male desire rubs its hands together... to prepare a ban. The analyses put it bluntly: if prices drop, immediate outlawing. The debate isn't technical, it's about power.

The real obstacle isn't technological, it's political

The so-called "papocracy" — that elite that controls access to sens, whether paid or supposedly free — sees sens dolls as an existential threat. As one analysis points out, they will never see the light of day in Spain: accusing them of promoting rape is the first step toward shoring up the monopoly. The economic motive is clear: if men satisfy their desire without intermediaries, women lose the privilege of being the only channel. But some also see it as a liberating move: "A man's sensual desire is what gives women meaning; if they lose that, all their privileges disappear," they predict.

Regulation won't be long in coming. Governments and pressure groups are already laying the groundwork: labeling the dolls as objects that objectify, or arguing they are hard to recycle. The paradox is that the very market that produces them knows its real obstacle isn't technical, but political.

How far will the ban go?

With artificial intelligence and haptic materials advancing, the question isn't whether sens dolls will replace human relationships, but how long it will take those in power to ban them to protect their racket. Will we see the first case of a government regulating direct competition to its own social model?