Dr. Helen Driscoll, a sex psychologist, claims having a close relationship with androids can improve a user`s mental health.
On top of that, robophilia, a sexual attraction to robots, is now a reality.
Many scientists have worked to create human-like robots that allow people to feel they are talking to and having sex with a "real" person. Various sex mannequins also have been available.
But Dr. Kathleen Richardson, a robot ethicist at De Montfort University in Leicester, U.K., differs, saying forming a relationship with a sex robot has detrimental effects.
She says sex robots should be banned, adding the technology is "unnecessary and undesirable."
Having a relationship with a sex robot is only focused on the physical side and this causes feelings of isolation and depression, which are linked to mental health problems, she says.
She also claims sex robots reinforce traditional stereotypes of women.
Robot makers are required to raise awareness of this issue, and people should reconsider the use of sex robots, Richardson said.
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