Are sex dolls the future of prostitution? Joel Golby heads to Barcelona to visit the centre of this strange battleground for the future of sexual politics.
On one side, there’s Europe’s First Sex Doll Brothel that’s opened up with Serge Prieto, the Sex Doll CEO, presiding over his legion of lifeless dolls. These dolls share a building with real life sex workers who compete for the attention of Barcelona’s paying public.
On the other side of town, there’s the first signs of a sex doll resistance from a competing traditional brothel whose owner, Stephan, wants to maintain control of the market.
Overlooking this turf war in the hills is the world’s leading sex robot inventor, Sergi Santos, who along with his wife, the self-titled G Spot Maker, is pushing sex doll technology to its limits.
