Washington D.C., Dec 31, 2018 / 04:08 am
With several sexually transmitted diseases reaching an all-time high in the U.S., could sex robots be the answer? Catholics leaders say no, because the alleged benefits of "sexbots" will never outweigh the harms inflicted upon the person and authentic human sexuality.
"There are all sorts of bad solutions to a legitimate problem. Even if it were the case that sex robots would cut down on STDs, it wouldn't make sex robots a good idea," said Matt Fradd, author of The Porn Myth.
"[It] denigrates the sexual act and pretends it's an accidental feature of marriage rather than a substantial feature of marriage. The sexual desire is not an itch to be scratched."
Sex is "not a negative thing that has to be discarded," he clarified, but "a positive drive that ought to be tempered and regulated by virtue." Without the virtue of chastity, he stressed, there is no love.