Sex dolls or Love dolls, what do you like to call them?

[Coeros]

What’s in A Name?
Article taken from "Sex Doll or Love Doll, What Would We Call Them?" by Alexandria Sportello, an avid doll lover who enjoys the company of her male dolls.
Link: https://www.coeros.com/sex-love-doll/


Saying “Sex Doll” or “Love Doll” does not mean all the doll community view them solely for this purpose. Nearly everyone knows what a sex doll or a love doll is, but not everyone likes to call them by those names.

Sex dolls and love dolls, cause people to harshly and inaccurately judge the person who has them as a deviant, pervert, loser, incel, etc. Still, the labels “sex doll” and “love doll” are widely popular and the most often coined terms to identify them.

Supporting Views

• I, like many others, support alternative and more socially acceptable names for sex dolls. I call my male sex dolls “synthetic companions”, much like Davecat, one of our more well-known sex doll lovers. When I had my own private blog regarding daily life with my male “synthetic companions”, I would refer to them as such, or simply by name.

• MonAmour Toujours states, “I believe changing the terminology would also make a lot of people that would consider “sex dolls” as embarrassing or humorous feel more comfortable about investing or investigating silicone dolls.” While this might not be the case for everyone, I do have to agree with his point. More people might just be more inclined to find out more about sex dolls if they were labeled something more appropriate for the general public.

• Dutch Dance Maniac tell us “Yes, it is a sexdoll for many…… but from the beginning she was much more for me. I do not see her as sexdoll but as an artificial partner.” So, while she was built and marketed as a sex doll, he sees beyond the label and finds so much more to her than just the sexual aspect.

Opposing Views
On the other hand, others in the doll community are content with the terms “sex doll” and “love doll”.

• TDF member TTNLBTPD informs us, “We really don’t need a more politically correct term for what they are. For me, Jenelle is a sex-doll. That is her primary purpose of existence. If you want to call them something different, then by all means but sugar coating what they are will not change opinion.”

• Deadpringle calls his sex dolls by a kinder term, but he has brought up a very good point in his statement, “I call my dolls my ‘synthetic sweeties’.

Honestly, people can call their dolls whatever they want. But it won’t’ change what they are, or what they were made for, and likely won’t change what the industry calls them unless their customers demand it or changing what they call them positively affects their sales.”

Again, sex sells, so why would sex doll manufacturers and vendors want to change it to something more politically correct, when a possible label could cost them sales revenue?

But what would we call them?

Regarding alternative names for sex dolls, there were many excellent suggestions. Some where sweet and endearing, others quite practical, and there were even a few funny ones thrown in, merely for the sake of humor.

Popular Suggestions

• Synthetic Companion/Friend
  Synthetic Girlfriend/Boyfriend
  Synthetic Wife/Husband
  Synthetic Girl/Lady/Woman/Female
  Synthetic Guy/Gentlemen/Man/Male
  Synthetic Partner/Person
  Love Companion
  Companion Dolls
  Unreal Girl
  Real Companion Doll
  Surrogate Doll
  Adult Doll/Adult Companion Doll
  Silicone/TPE Companion
  Dutch Wife
  Mail Order Bride
  Playmates
  “Anatomically Correct” Doll

Funnier Names

• Undercover Plastic Fantastic Lover – by dollylamma
  Anatomical Human Facsimile – by MrFranz
  Tactical Portable Stealth Squad Assault Orbital Bombardment Semen Extraction Apparatus – by Tybalt

Creative Names

• I.C.D. / Intimate Companion Dolls – by Nintrovert 40
  I.P.A. / Intimate Partner Alternative – by MonAmour Toujours
  Toy Lady – by haremlover
  Dollpanion – by MoneyMike
  Silicone Sculptures – by Pygmalion
  Synpartners/Synpanions – by Pygmalion

So, as you can see, the sex doll community is divided, but it is not a bad type of division. It is simply people who love their dolls seriously, creatively, and often, hilariously sharing their opinions in regard to alternative names for sex dolls. I feel that nearly all the sex doll community can agree, though, that regardless of the label “sex doll”, “love doll”, or “synthetic companion”, we simply do not want to be judged negatively for having them in our lives and would like some form of a friendlier term to identify them, so that we can be more accepted for who we are.

[Coeros]

Companion Dolls!

[ValarMorgulis]

I coined the phrase Artificial Aphrodite(s) a few years ago after I discovered them. And my title (in my signature) is derived from the name Galatea, the female construct created by Pygmalion. But Composite Companion also works.

[Coeros]

I coined the phrase Artificial Aphrodite(s) a few years ago after I discovered them. And my title (in my signature) is derived from the name Galatea, the female construct created by Pygmalion. But Composite Companion also works.

[Mr Franz]

I just refer to mine as dolls with no special emphasis placed on their sexual nature.

[Out_Of_Sync]

I just refer to mine as dolls with no special emphasis placed on their sexual nature.

Agreed. I've never heard anyone introduce their wife or girlfriend as their sex wife or sex girlfriend.

[true_blue22]

Agreed. I've never heard anyone introduce their wife or girlfriend as their sex wife or sex girlfriend.

That's a really good point, Out_Of_Sync! I prefer to call Erik my synthetic companion or pleasure doll. The term "sex doll" implies that's the only thing a doll can provide, which is incorrect: they also provide companionship - as I learned after Erik arrived. Yes, I ordered him because I'd been without sex for a decade. But he quickly became so much more to me than "just" a sex doll. I like the term "pleasure doll" because that includes pleasure derived from sex AND companionship. I feel pleasure from cuddling and kissing my guy - or simply holding his hand as I fall asleep. I feel pleasure because each night when I go to bed, he's there with me. Those things make me just as happy as the sex does.

[Dollfriend]

I call mine Sex Dolls cuz that's what they are, but a more modern hipster way to call them would be Waifu....

[buahclaus]

When I talk to my wife about them I refer to them as ‘action’ figures!

[RevJack]

Emotional Support Device.
We slip them into the Emotional Support Animal definition.
That way they suddenly inherit a legal status and we can take them on airplanes or anywhere else we want to without repercussion.
Of course, they would all have to wear those ugly orange vests with "Emotional Support Device" emblazoned on them.

[BigJoeBuck]

Nikki is a doll

But like hot and stuff

[circaman]

Synthetic Companion

[Ebakala]

Exercise equipment.

Apply it however you wish. Physical, financial, patience, sometimes frustration.

The last time a delivery person asked me what was in the box, I paused, looked at him and said, "exercise equipment". He accepted the answer and walked back to his truck. I had to chuckle inside.

Other then that, "Doll" seems to suffice. No reason to go beyond that for outsiders.

[soonpk]

Synthetic friend with benefits

[DG]

These are all great answers guys!