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Much sex is neither intimate nor loving but is accompanied by coercion and/or commodification in the billion dollar sex industry. Some suggest that sexbots replace sex workers. I consider ethicolegal issues arising over how far human rights and laws protecting sex workers and other citizens should apply to sexbots. Without legal protections, the sex industry would undoubtedly produce sexbots for morally unacceptable sexual practices, like pedophilia.
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