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Ladies and gentlemen, Samantha is here. I’m talking about the sex doll developed by a Brazilian scientist which has cast fear in most Kenyan bedrooms.
The sex robot, developed over the past five years, was created by Sergi Santos and uses artificial intelligence, can crack jokes and even hold a conversation.
If stroked and treated the right way, Samantha can even have an orgasm.
The robot is on sale for between Sh450,000 to Sh 500,000 via Santos’ robotics company Synth Amatus in Barcelona. The dolls hit British stores last year in September. The makers of the sex robot which can be “seduced” claim men are already “falling in love” with their creation.
Samantha, a “hyper realistic” sex doll is the first of its kind to hit the headlines as advances in technology mean the sex toy market has upped its game. The doll is interactive, responding to voices as well as to touch.
Truth is, Samantha has elicited strong emotions from Kenyan men and women.
While some men are excited at the thought of replacing their boring and nagging wives and girlfriends with the super shapely Samantha, the daughters of Eve will have none of it.
Lynet Amimo says, “Women are angry about this Samantha sex doll, but I think it’s better for my man to cheat on me with Samantha but not with utu tu bit**** akulete ugonjwa. Our health matters a lot.”
Gikandi Joshua says, “In God’s engineering, sex is real and is supposed to be emotional and sweet. It is designed with utmost care from where you decide to get into a sexual relationship. You got to get along to clear the air and announce to her or him what you want. Now how do you relate to a sex doll?”
Michael Oliech scoffed, saying, “Any man capable of impregnating Samantha The Sex Doll should come and see me. I have Sh 50,000 reward. Meanwhile I am dating a real woman.”
Thufu wa Thenge says “Samantha the Sex Doll inakupea vizuri hadi unapata umepeleka manufacturer ruracio. By the way hii stuff imekuja kukusaidia sana bro.”
According to the manufacturers, she comes complete with sensors in her face, hands, breasts and “the female genitals down below” and it is claimed she requires a more subtle approach when it comes to bedroom activities.
This has prompted some social analysts, quoted from Forbes Magazine article, to say sex robots are the future for men in a world where dating has not only been disrupted by careers, sexually transmitted infections, technology and high population but the high cost that comes with it.
Sergi Santos, the designer of Samantha, says the doll can also discuss philosophy, science and animals. She’s also got a great sense of humour with more than a thousand jokes in her repertoire. Samantha also featured in a new BBC documentary called “Can Robots Love Us?” on September 4, 2017.
The programme explored the question of romance between men and machines. In the documentary, Santos and a “friend” named only as Aaron showed the presenter how the robot could be literally turned on and then put in the mood for sex.
In the BBC documentary Samantha’s maker Sergi Santos said: “They will fall in love with her. It’s happening already.” He went on to demonstrate how the doll could be “aroused” and gotten in the mood for sex.
First, Santos uttered the words “get sexy” in Samantha’s ears. She replied: “Ok then, I think I am ready to do sex stuff, do you want me to?”
Samantha’s owner, Aaron-advised to take a romantic approach to seduction, stroking her hands sensually rather than immediately groping her naughty areas.
He said: “She likes to be touched. If you go straight for her breasts in the beginning, she won’t like that so much.”
When her hand is gently rubbed, Samantha said: “Lovely, thank you for spending time with me. I enjoy being with you.”
When a finger is inserted into her mouth or her breasts and sex organ are fondled, Samantha lets out a realistic feminine moan which is likely to sound unlike anything her owners have heard during encounters with real women.
The world is moving so far fast that nobody has time for conventional relationships, according to Japan Times newspaper.
In Japan, for example 61% of unmarried men and 49% of unmarried women aged between 18 and 34 are not in a relationship of any kind.
One-third of Japanese under the age of 30 have never had sex!
In Europe sex doll brothels have already emerged.
One such brothel in Barcelona charges 63 Euros per session.
If sex dolls catch on, even commercial sex industry we know it could be extinct.
In an article published by The Mirror, millions of Chinese migrant workers leave their home and families to work in cities, only returning home every weekend or less.
Some Chinese men who work away from home for long stretches of time are buying expensive life-like sex dolls - so they don’t cheat on their wives.
Instead of turning to prostitutes or casual sex, thousands of men buy high-quality sex dolls made of a soft rubbery material that feels like skin, adjustable hands, a removable head and genitals.
Yi Jiange is a salesman at Micdolls, a sex shop in Beijing.
He says his clients are usually professionals in their 30s and 40s, and he admires their faithfulness.
He said: “If a married man refuses to see prostitutes and uses a doll instead, isn’t it admirable?”
Would you consider buying Samantha?
