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Real Dolls: Love in the Age of Silicone Meghan Laslocky -- 10/17/2005  [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ]When referring to their coital habits, he uses the terms “make love” or “have sex” -- and safe sex at that. “I’m one of the rare [doll] users who uses a condom,” Davecat confides. “I’m not the strongest guy in the world, so hauling her to the bathroom is not an option.” He adds that he feels a bit cheated having to use a prophylactic, but until he can bench press 200 lbs., Sidore will have to live with sponge baths. She also gets powdered once a month because “she’s sticky. She’s like the world’s largest novelty eraser.” Davecat likes to think of Sidore as a teddy bear with benefits, but also as his muse. She inspires him to continually update her stylish plum- and black-colored web site, which is written entirely from her perspective. In her FAQs – “All About ME ME ME!!” -- she talks about her sexuality: - You're bisexual? - Errm, yeah.. I'm a Doll; by nature we're omnisexual. But I just prefer my lad. And other Dolls. And organic women. (I don't think he'd complain ;-) Si-chan’s personality is not without its flaws. She’s likely a manic-depressive. Davecat says she’s “relentlessly perky at times” but also, given the amount of time she spends in bed, prone to narcolepsy and laziness. But generally, she doesn’t disappoint. Davecat imagines that she’s open-minded, a bit sarcastic, an artistic intellectual Winona Ryder-type who, were she real, would walk around with Sylvia Plath books under her arm and go out on the town with her gal pals. In short, Si-chan is a girl who Davecat thinks he could never meet. “If I were to go to a bar and try some pick up lines, the chances of coming home with someone are highly unlikely,” he speculates. “No real woman seems to think I’m good enough for them.” Aside from Sidore, Davecat has never officially dated anyone. One foray into romance several years ago, with a female friend, ended in disaster when he discovered that she was “a raging psychopathic liar.” They had bought a house together, but he moved out after four months. The whole experience, he says, taught him a lesson: “Even if I’m lucky enough to have an organic girlfriend again, we can’t live together.” He compares his interaction with women to a bodily reaction, something over which he has no control. “People who are allergic to roses can enjoy artificial roses. In the same way, artificial women serve the same purpose for men who are, in whatever way, allergic to real women.” Unlike some other doll owners who have no interest in “organic” women, Davecat says he hasn’t completely given up hope. Until then, though, he’ll consider getting another doll – or two or three – to keep Si-chan company. And if the right organic woman were to enter his life, he says that giving up Si-chan would be like removing a limb. end of page 6 [ 6 ] read more ... [ 7 ][ 8 ][ 9 ][ 10 ][ 11 ][ 12 ][ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ][ 16 ][ 17 ][ 18 ][ 19 ][ 20 ][ 21 ][ 22 ][ 23 ] |
