Monday, August 21, 2006

The Fetishism Book, Chapter 4: Robot Fetishism

Robot fetishism is the name popularly used to describe a fetishistic attraction to humanoid or non-humanoid robots; also to people acting like robots or people dressed in robot costumes. A related fetish is statuephilia or agalmatophilia, which involves attraction to mannequins or statues. A common fantasy related to these fetishes involves transformation into a robot, mannequin, doll or statue. A.S.F.R. By its enthusiasts, robot fetishism is morze commonly referred to by the initials ASFR. This acronym stems from the now defunct newsgroup alt.sex.fetish.robots. Many devotees of this fetish refer to themselves as technosexual, or as "ASFRians".

The aspects of this fetish that are most appreciated by members of the ASFR community are greatly varied. For some, things like robotic appearance, motion, or sound are most desired. For others, these are not, and a completely life-like android that appears to be human is desired. This holds true for other aspects, such as sentience or self-awareness. Often, the ability of the android to remove parts of its skin or other bodily appendages in order to reveal its circuitry are quite pleasing to some, but distasteful to others. There is a further divide between those who prefer an android to appear human-like and those who would prefer a more mechanical looking robot, i.e. made of metal.

Here is a little video clip, where you can see an ASFRian talking about his fetish

More pictures, and a community board.

1 comment:

ExpendableAsset said...

There's some *really* bad photoshopping going down there. But overall, this seems a pretty interesting fetish. The fat guy in the video clip didn't sound too retarded either. For an American.