Sex dolls have a long history that dates back to ancient times and includes a ridiculous urban legend that the Nazis allegedly designed dolls to keep their soldiers satisfied during the war. More recently, these “intimate partners” have shown up (often as the butt of the joke) in movies like Old School or the aforementioned festival circuit hit Lars and the Real Girl.

Do people really use them? While it’s hard to find studies or research that explicitly confirm this, the short answer is: yes! Sex dolls are quite popular across the world, from Japan to the USA.

17th century
The sex dolls were first made during the 17th century by the Dutch Soldiers as they had to spend numerous days on the ship. During those days they face a need for sexual stimulation as no woman was available there on the ship. Therefore, in order to gratify this need, they made realistic love doll for sexual arousal. At that time, they used clothes for making these dolls. These Dutch sailors sold few of their dolls to Japanese, and they named these dolls as dutch wives.

Replica Dolls – 1910s
From the 17th century till 1916, the popularity of these masturbation puppets grew. However, during this era, people started to make sex dolls that resemble a specific woman. In 1916, Oskar Kokoschka, an artist, created a life-like puppet of his love Alma Mahler. He made the doll with so many details that every cut and curve of the doll was made similar to Mahler’s body.

World War and Sex Dolls – the 1930s
The first adult dolls close to life-like was created in 1930 during World War 2. Nazi Germany made these dolls as they were away from homes for a long period of time. This loneliness resulted in the extreme need of masturbation, and they found out the solution of it by making real dolls. Lifelike sex doll made it easy for them to masturbate.

A Transformation Era – 1950s
As the demand for love doll was on boost, manufacturers were thinking of ways to make these dolls close to human beings. They came up with an idea of changing the material for making realistic love dolls. Initially, clothes were used that does not give it a close-to-reality look. The manufacturers of Japan initiated the idea of using vinyl or silicon for making these dolls. Though usage of silicon was rare still, you may get a chance to see few. They not only changed the material but increased the size of the dolls for giving it a real touch.

Advertising Era – 1960 to 1980
From 1960 to 1990, this was the time period when the demand for these realistic sex dolls was on the peak. This increased demand resulted in advertisements of these dolls. As many companies started making sexual toys, therefore company owners felt a need to advertise their product. During 1980, advertisements of real dolls made an appearance in porn magazines. However, during 1980, these advertisements increased, and many other mediums were also used for giving these advertisements.

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The birth of the internet – 2000 to 2008
During the late 19th century, the internet made emergence, and within months its popularity grew. With a year or two, online web pages were introduced. Real sex doll manufacturers also utilized this medium for selling their dolls. With the help of the online web, the sale of sex dolls became quick and easier. People from all over the world started to purchase love dolls from Japan and the US.

More Names in the market – 2005-2013
In 2010, a sexual toys brand was launched in China. The venture was a success, and people from other countries started to order their masturbation partners from China as well. Many brands of sexual accessories were opened in Europe. By looking at the need of the market, the prices of the lifelike love doll also increased.

Birth of Middle Class – 2014
Before 2014, sex dolls were a fun thing for the elite strata only. As the prices of the dolls were so high, a middle-class person cannot even think about purchasing one. When middle-class grew in China, various cheaper sex toys brand made their appearance. WM Dolls was one of the pioneer brands who introduced pocket-friendly real dolls.

A documentary about the use of adult dolls revealed that, in 2017, the Japanese company Dutch Wives sold around 2,000 dolls. Just last year, a sex doll “brothel” opened up in Toronto, promising its patrons quality time with one of their dolls for as low as $CAD 80 ($AUD 86.53).

You might be wondering if “real life” dolls can really substitute for the real thing, or if they’re just a pale imitation. Of course, sex with a human male or female is very different from sex with a doll or robot. But the gap is quickly closing. realistic sex doll

There are dolls on the market today that are so lifelike, they practically resemble real human beings. And some of these dolls are being equipped with artificial intelligence