Academic literature on the topic 'Sexual concerns (SexCon)'

<p>O presente artigo tem como objeto de análise o fenômeno da categorização sexual, à luz da teoria do filósofo Michel Foucault, principalmente a partir de sua obra <em>História da Sexualidade: a vontade de saber,</em> visando-se averiguar em que medida o citado fenômeno, a categorização sexual, representa um instrumento do poder e da verdade incidentes sobre o sexo, um instrumento de padronização de formas de vida. Para tanto, optou-se, inicialmente, por uma reflexão acerca de leis, decretos e programas pátrios baseados em identidades sexuais, em categorias sexuais, apresentando-se, por sua vez, o sentido que o termo <em>categoria sexual</em> assume no presente ensaio; sustentando-se a sexualidade como uma construção, em forma de um dispositivo, responsável pela criação da ideia de sexo biológico, assim como pela produção das sexualidades desviantes, que precisaram ser nomeadas e catalogadas, para fins de controle. Seguidamente, fez-se, de forma breve, uma análise histórica, reconstrução histórica, no sentido foucaultiano, de desnaturalização do evidente; da sexualidade, averiguando-se o poder e a verdade incidentes sobre o sexo, tratando-se do chamado <em>dispositivo de sexualidade</em>. Em um terceiro momento, estudou-se a inversão teórica realizada por Michel Foucault, no que concerne a ideia de criação do sexo pelo citado dispositivo, dispositivo de sexualidade. Por fim, refletiu-se sobre a verdade e o poder incidentes sobre o sexo e o fenômeno da categorização sexual, identificação sexual, analisando-se a sua instrumentalização por aqueles, se as categorias sexuais cumprem um papel específico atribuído por aqueles.</p>

A transexualidade trata da mudança dos indivíduos de seu sexo masculino ou feminino identificado no nascimento para viver em sociedade sob sua alternativa de identidade de gênero. Visando essa adequação são realizados procedimentos transexualizadores, no entanto, pouco se conhece sobre a função sexual e urinária após esses processos. Neste sentido, este estudo propôs avaliar as funções sexuais e miccionais de homens transexuais submetidos à terapia hormonal. Participaram do estudo 13 homens transexuais e foram utilizados os questionários: Escala de Desconforto Sexual Feminino (FSDS-R), Índice de função sexual feminina (FSFI), Teste de Três Perguntas sobre Incontinência (3IQ), Protection, Amount, Frequency, Adjustment, Bodyimage (PRAFAB). Foi utilizado o software Excel para entrada dos dados, confecção das tabelas e análise estatística descritiva. No FSDS-R, 10 (76,92%) dos homens trans apresentam-se desconfortáveis sexualmente. A pontuação média da FSFI foi de 14,8 pontos, sugerindo disfunção sexual. No teste de 3IQ, 25% relataram perder urinária, destes, 75% apresentam urgência miccional e 25% apresentam Incontinência Urinária (IU) por esforço. No score total do PRAFAB, 50% apresentaram IU leve e 50% obtiveram IU moderada. Portanto, a avaliação foi positiva para tendência a disfunções sexuais nesta população. No que concerne a função miccional, a minoria dos homens trans manifestaram alterações.

AbstractPart of the ethical debate about sex with robots concerns whether sex with a robot is rape of that robot. It therefore makes sense for us to debate what should be the boundaries of consent, decades from now, i.e. consent given by humans to robots. How will the sexbot landscape look in situations when it is the human who is consenting, or not, to a sexual invitation or advance by the robot? The sexbot will have responsibilities towards its human partner, and there will be moral and legal consequences if it fails to deliver on those responsibilities. An unresolved ethical argument employed by many of those who deplore the coming advent of sex robots is that robots are unable to proffer a meaningful indication of sexual consent, and therefore a human deciding to have sex with a robot is committing rape of the robot. A parallel question, as yet to be addressed, is under what circumstances should a robot be considered to be acting in a sexually inappropriate or illegal manner towards a human? And this question embraces some others, including: “How can a robot determine, with any degree of certainty, whether or not a proximate human wants or at least consents to sex?”; “What behaviours by a robot are permissible within the #MeToo context when the robot is exploring a proximate human’s current level of sexual interest in the robot?”; and “If a robot oversteps the accepted bounds of sexual behaviour with a human, who is responsible and what should be the legal consequences?” We discuss these issues and speculate on how the sex robots of the future will be able to conform to the ethics of consent.

Resumo O uso de drogas injetáveis refere-se, principalmente, ao uso de cocaína, e seus usuários caracterizam-se por alta frequência de injeção, elevado número de parceiros sexuais, comportamentos sexuais de risco e a troca de sexo por drogas. Há um contingente significativo de mulheres que usam drogas injetáveis, demandando contínua investigação no que concerne às relações de gênero que permeiam essa prática e os comportamentos de risco associados, bem como a suas demandas específicas. Buscou-se elucidar a vulnerabilidade dessas mulheres às doenças sexualmente transmissíveis (DST), ao uso de drogas pela parceria com usuários e ao sexo desprotegido em decorrência da dependência química. Tratou-se de estudo qualitativo, em que foram utilizadas a observação participante e o grupo focal como estratégias para conhecimento da população. Os dados coletados foram divididos nos seguintes núcleos temáticos: consumo de drogas, relações afetivas, violência, situação legal, comportamento sexual e acesso à informação e às medidas de saúde. Investimentos e incorporação do conceito de iniquidades nas relações de gênero devem ser preconizados em medidas de saúde, de forma a esclarecer e fortalecer o grupo de mulheres nas tomadas de decisões em suas práticas sexuais e consumo de drogas que as imputam maior vulnerabilidade.

En las últimas décadas se han llevado a cabo varios estudios que evidencian la relevancia de la actividad sexual para la salud, el bienestar y la calidad de vida de las personas mayores. En este contexto se ubica esta investigación, que tiene por objeto conocer los factores que potencialmente pueden explicar la inactividad sexual en las poblaciones mayores. Además de los factores sociodemográficos, que tradicionalmente se han asociado a la actividad sexual, exploramos el potencial explicativo y la sensibilidad en la estimación de la inactividad sexual en el último año de las percepciones de salud y las actitudes hacia la sexualidad en una muestra de 200 sujetos de entre 62 y 91 años (M=71.30; SD=5.48). Los resultados obtenidos sugieren importantes porcentajes de varianza explica de la inactivad sexual por el modelo de regresión donde se incorporan variables sociodemográficas (R2 = .295). Nuestros resultados apuntan también, a que tanto la percepción y preocupación por la salud sexual como las consideraciones en torno a las relaciones sexuales antes del matrimonio o al sexo sin amor, explicarían la inactividad sexual de las personas mayores. Estos resultados permiten sugerir el potencial de la intervención centrada en los estereotipos y actitudes hacia la sexualidad. Extensive studies carried out in recent decades have noted the relevance of sexual activity to the health, well-being and quality of life of older people. In this context, we propose this research work that aims to know the factors that can potentially explain sexual inactivity in older populations. In addition to the sociodemographic factors that have traditionally been associated with sexual activity, we explored the explanatory potential and the sensitivity in the estimation of sexual inactivity in the last year of health perceptions and attitudes towards sexuality in a sample of 200 subjects between 62 and 91 years old (M = 71.30, SD = 5.48). The results obtained suggest important percentages of variance explained by the regression model where variables such as the existence of a partner, age and place of origin are incorporated (R2 = .295). Our results also point to the fact that, both the perception and concern for sexual health and the considerations regarding sexual relations before marriage or sex without love, would explain the sexual inactivity of the elderly. These results allow us to suggest the potential of the intervention centered on stereotypes and attitudes towards sexuality.

Resumen: Este artículo versa sobre el actual estado de la teorización, de la terminología y del conocimien- to empírico relativo a la producción social y ejercicio del trabajo sexual, con atención especial a las teorías y conceptos que estructuran el tema de la participación diferenciada de las mujeres en general, y de las muje- res con características étnicas/raciales subalternizadas en particular, en el mercado del sexo. Se delinea una postura alternativa a los planteamientos convenciona- les higienistas, criminalistas o victimistas desde donde tradicionalmente se ha analizado la cuestión. Adicio- nalmente, se reflexiona sobre el crecimiento, expansión y modernización de la industria del sexo, en la que algu- nos países post-industrializados asumen la condición de demandantes y los países en vía de desarrollo, la de ofer- tantes de mano de obra para el consumo de experiencias sexuales de diferente índole. De igual modo, se delibera sobre la importancia que tiene la comercialización del sexo, para el desarrollo económico de algunos países y el trabajo sexual como estrategia de “rebusque” frente a los embates de la vida cotidiana. Asimismo, describimos las formas de explotación y de ejercicio del oficio de tra- bajadoras del sexo.Palabras claves: Mercado global del sexo, construcción de la ocupación, interseccionalidad, trabajo sexual, mu- jeres afrocolombianas, sexualidades disidentesFrom the Hygienist Paradigm to Intersectionality. The Social Construction of Sexual WorkAbstract: The present article deals with the current state of the theorizing, the terminology and the empirical knowledge about the social production and exercise of sex work, with special attention to theories and concepts that structure the subject of the different participation in the sex trade of women in general, and of women with subalternized ethnic/racial features in particular. It de- lineates an alternative view to conventional hygienist approaches, or criminal or victimization approaches, traditionally used to analyze the issue. In addition, this paper reflects on the growth, expansion and moderniza- tion of the sex industry, in which some post-industrialized countries provide the demand and developing countries provide the supply of labor for the consumption of sexual experiences. Similarly, it discusses the importance of the commercialization of sex for the economic development of some countries and of sex work as a strategy of look- ing for informal work while coping with the ravages of everyday life. It also describes the forms of exploitation of sex workers in the exercise of their profession. Key words: global sex market, occupation, intersection- ality, sex work, Afro-Colombian women, dissident sexu- alities

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the way through which the concepts of sexuality embodied by the adolescents interfere in their preventive actions, searching for the factors that compromise their sexual and reproductive health. Methodology: this is a study with a qualitative design, carried out with the approval by the Ethics Committe of Funorte, under the Protocol 0129/8. The data were obtained through the focal group technique on October 2008. The study’s subjects were six adolescent girls whose ages ranged from 13 to 17 years, all of them users of the Health Center of the Maracana neighborhood, in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Results: the results showed that the adolescence experience favors the construction of ideas on sexuality; that parents aren't prepared to guide their children on the theme; that gender issues influence the sexuality in adolescence; and that both the health services and the school do not clarify issues related to sexuality, leading friends to be the major sources of information. Conclusion: the understanding on the several concepts of sexuality and the factors influencing on the construction of their values from the adolescent's reality will be useful to guide the doing of nursing, as well as that of other professional categories in the integral care provided to this public. Descriptors: adolescent; sexuality; sexual and reproductive health. RESUMO Objetivo: conhecer a maneira pela qual os conceitos de sexualidade que os adolescentes absorvem interferem em suas ações preventivas, buscando-se os fatores que comprometem sua saúde sexual e reprodutiva. Metodologia: trata-se de um estudo de natureza qualitativa, desempenhado com aprovação do Comitê de Ética da Funorte, sob o Protocolo n. 0129/08. Os dados foram obtidos através de técnica do grupo focal em outubro de 2008. Os sujeitos do estudo foram seis adolescentes do sexo feminino com idades entre 13 e 17 anos, todas usuárias do Centro de Saúde do bairro Maracanã, em Montes Claros, Minas Gerais. Resultados: os resultados mostraram que a vivência da adolescência beneficia a construção de ideias sobre sexualidade; que os pais não estão preparados para orientar seus filhos sobre o tema; que as questões de gênero influenciam a sexualidade na adolescência; e que tanto os serviços de saúde como a escola não elucidam questões pertinentes à sexualidade, tornando os amigos as principais fontes de informação. Conclusão: o entendimento dos diversos conceitos de sexualidade e dos fatores que influenciam a construção de seus valores a partir da realidade do adolescente servirá para direcionar o fazer da enfermagem, assim como o de outras categorias profissionais na atenção integral a esse público. Descritores: adolescente; sexualidade; saúde sexual e reprodutiva. RESUMEN Objetivo: conocer la manera por la cual los conceptos de sexualidad que los adolescentes absorben interfieren en sus acciones preventivas, buscándose los factores que comprometen su salud sexual y reproductiva. Metodología: esto es un estudio de naturaleza cualitativa, desempeñado con aprobación del Comité de Ética de la Funorte, bajo el Protocolo 0129/08. Los datos fueron obtenidos a través de la técnica del grupo focal en octubre de 2008. Los sujetos del estudio fueron seis adolescentes del sexo femenino con edades entre 13 y 17 años, todas usuarias del Centro de Salud del barrio Maracanã, en Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Resultados: los resultados mostraron que la vivencia de la adolescencia beneficia a la construcción de ideas acerca de la sexualidad; que los padres no están preparados para orientar a sus hijos sobre el tema; que las cuestiones de género influyen en la sexualidad en la adolescencia; y que tanto los servicios de salud como la escuela no elucidan cuestiones pertinentes a la sexualidad, tornando los amigos las principales fuentes de información. Conclusión: la comprensión de los diversos conceptos de sexualidad y de los factores que influyen en la construcción de sus valores a partir de la realidad del adolescente servirá para direccionar el hacer de la enfermería, así como lo de otras categorías profesionales en la atención integral a ese público. Descriptores: adolescente; sexualidad; salud sexual y reproductiva.

AbstractThis article offers a novel reading of the criticisms of sex robots put forward by the Campaign Against Sex Robots (CASR). Focusing on the implication of a loss of empathy, it structures CASR’s worries as an argument from moral degradation centered around the potential effects on sexbot users’ sexual and moral subjectivity. This argument is subsequently explored through the combined lenses of postphenomenology and the ethical phenomenology of Emmanuel Levinas. In so doing, it describes the type of human-technology relations that sexbots invite, identifying alterity as a central feature. It also highlights how alterity, responsibility, and subjectivity are intimately connected. However, that connection is distinctly different in sexual circumstances, making current versions of Levinasian roboethics largely inapplicable for the ethics of sexbots. To overcome this, the article delves into Levinas’ phenomenology of Eros and identifies voluptuousness as a type of enjoyment of the Other that is different from the enjoyment invited by current sexbots and is compatible with responsibility. Based on this, the article provides examples of how this phenomenology of Eros can inspire the design of future sexbots in ways that alleviate some of CASR’s concerns.

ABSTRACTObjective: to describe adolescents’ opinions about the social norms that influence sexual initiation and behavior according to the sex. Method: this is about a cross-sectional quantitative study conducted with 335 male and female adolescents between 15 to 19 years old. They were selected from a systematic sample of those enrolled in a Family Health Unit located in São Paulo city west zone, Brazil. Data were obtained with the application of a structured questionnaire filled up by the adolescents within their homes in September 2007. Qui-square and Mann-Whitney tests were used in the analysis. Results: the adolescents’ average age was 16.8 years, and 63.7% had already initiated sexual life (average age at 14.8). Male and female adolescents showed similar opinion concerning the social norms of sexual behavior such as the perception of peer pressures on sexual onset, high valorization of female virginity and different relationship between parents and adolescents according to their sex. Conclusion: in the sexuality field, distinct social sex profiles were attributed to the adolescents. They seemed to be sure that those profiles are submitted to different expectations and evaluations according to their sex because of gender relations. Descriptors: adolescent health; sexual and reproductive health; gender and health.RESUMO Objetivo: descrever as opiniões de adolescentes sobre as normas sociais que influenciam a iniciação e o comportamento sexual na adolescência segundo o sexo. Método: estudo transversal quantitativo conduzido com 335 adolescentes de 15-19 anos de idade, selecionados por amostra sistemática a partir de uma lista dos adolescentes cadastrados em uma Unidade de Saúde da Família da zona oeste da cidade de São Paulo. Os dados, obtidos a partir de questionário estruturado autoaplicado em setembro de 2007, foram analisados por meio dos testes Qui-quadrado e Mann-Whitney. Resultados: os adolescentes tinham idade média de 16,8 anos e 63,7% já tinham iniciado atividade sexual, em média aos 14,8 anos. Homens e mulheres adolescentes mostraram que têm opiniões semelhantes no que concerne às normas sociais de comportamento sexual, como a percepção de pressão dos amigos para o início da atividade sexual, valorização da virgindade feminina e tratamento diferenciado que pais e mães destinam aos filhos/filhas. Conclusão: no campo da sexualidade, foram reafirmados papeis sociais distintos aos adolescentes do sexo masculino e feminino. Os adolescentes possuem convicções de que tais papeis estão sujeitos a avaliações e expectativas diferenciadas, que emergem de acordo com as relações de gênero perpetuadas na sociedade na qual estão inseridos. Descritores: saúde do adolescente; saúde sexual e reprodutiva; gênero e saúde.RESUMENObjetivo: describir las opiniones de los adolescentes sobre las normas sociales que influyen en su iniciación y comportamiento sexual, de acuerdo con el sexo. Método: estudio transversal y cuantitativo con una muestra de 335 adolescentes de 15-19 años de edad. Es una muestra sistemática de los adolescentes inscritos en una Unidad de Salud de la Familia, parte oeste de la ciudad de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Los datos fueran obtenidos de un cuestionario estructurado lleno por los propios adolescentes en septiembre de 2007. Resultados: los adolescentes tenían una edad media de 16,8 años y 63,7% había iniciado su actividad sexual a 14,8 años de edad. Los adolescentes tenían opiniones similares sobre las normas sociales de comportamiento sexual, como la percepción de la presión del grupo de pares para la actividad sexual temprana, el reconocimiento de la virginidad femenina y el tratamiento diferenciado de los padres y madres destinadas a los hijos/hijas. Conclusión: en el campo de la sexualidad, los roles sociales se reafirmaron diferentes para los adolescentes varones y mujeres. Los adolescentes tienen convicciones que eses papeles sociales están sujetos a las distintas expectativas y evaluaciones que surgen de acuerdo con las relaciones de género, perpetuadas en la sociedad a que pertenecen. Descriptores: salud del adolescente; salud sexual y reproductiva; género y salud.

Abstrak: Anak autis usia pubertas perlu memiliki pemahaman tentang konsep bagian tubuh pribadi agar dirinya terhindar dari tindakan pelecehan seksual. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektivitas penggunaan media pembelajaran berupa SEXO App terhadap pemahaman konsep bagian tubuh pribadi pada siswa autis. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan Single Subject Research (SSR) atau penelitian dengan subjek tunggal. Desain yang digunakan adalah A-B-A’. Subjek penelitian ini adalah anak autis kelas V SD yang berusia 12 tahun di Sekolah Khusus Autis Bina Anggita. Data penelitian dikumpulkan menggunakan tes tertulis. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan yaitu analisis dalam kondisi dan analisis antar kondisi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa media SEXO App efektif terhadap pemahaman konsep bagian tubuh pribadi yang dibuktikan dengan naiknya perolehan skor tes pemahaman konsep bagian tubuh pribadi dari tahap ke tahap. Hal tersebut terjadi karena media SEXO App merupakan aplikasi pembelajaran visual yang disesuaikan dengan karakteristik pembelajaran anak autis sebagai visual learner.Kata Kunci: aplikasi pembelajaran, bagian tubuh pribadi, siswa autisAbstract: Autistic children of puberty age must have sexual education in order to avoid sexual harassment.This study aims to determine the use of learning media in the form of Application SEXO towards understanding the concept of automatic users in students. This type of research uses Single Subject Research (SSR) or research with a single subject. The design is A-B-A '. The subjects of this research are children with autism grade V SD which is 12 years in Special School Autism Bina Anggita. Methods of research data using written tests. Data analysis techniques are also called in conditions and analysis between conditions. The results showed that the SEXO media Application effective against the understanding of existing concepts is reversed with the increase of performance Scores of some parts. This is done because the media SEXO App is a visual learning application tailored to the type of autism learning as a visual learner.Keywords: learning application, body part concept, autistic student.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is a popular measure of psychosocial functioning and psychopathology in the assessment of individuals in a variety of settings. However, the method of construction employed with the MMPI more than 60 years ago with psychiatric patients challenges the applicability of the scales for determining the psychosocial functioning of individuals from different settings. The restandardisation conducted in 1987 made no effort to eradicate the item overlap that was a result of the criterion keying method with contrasted groups. Although restandardized and updated with more contemporary language and content, the original psychiatric constructs were retained in order to maintain continuity with its predecessor. The aims of this investigation were to develop a new structure for the MMPI-2 constructed at the item-level, empirically derived and which specifically represents the dimensions that are relevant and appropriate in evaluating the psychosocial functioning of personal injury claimants. This task included comparisons with a comparable scale-level analysis and developing optimal scoring strategies where items in components and facets are allocated weightings based upon their strength of association. Study 1 was conducted using a sample of 2989 personal injury claimants assessed in Australia and the United States of America. The final sample of 3230, included 241 normal individuals, was utilized to develop a scale-level structure from 79 standard MMPI-2 scales and subscales. A nine-component solution consisting of General Maladjustment /Emotional Distress, Asocial Beliefs, Social Vulnerability, Somatic Complaints, Psychological Disturbance, Impulsive Expression, Antisocial Practices, Stereotypic Fears and Family Difficulties was derived using principal component analysis. However, intercorrelation between components in the structure signaled the need to develop a structure that would eradicate problems that were perpetuated by item overlap. The second study was conducted with a set of best practice procedures with the same clinical sample of 2989 personal injury claimants as Study 1. Forty-one components were derived through principal component analysis. Through the application of a set of criteria, a 35-component solution was retained. The pattern coefficients from the allocation of items to components determined the weightings to be applied to each item. Further analysis of the 35 components derived a substructure of 37 facets. The 35 components included only 442 of the 567 items, with the reliability coefficients of the first 25 components that ranged between .5 and .97, and the remaining 10 components that ranged from .29 to .49. The latter unreliable components were not included in the final Structural Summary, leaving 25 components (400 items) and their 33 facets for interpretation. Hence, in demonstrating the utility of the newly-derived structure, only 25 components and their 33 facets were interpreted. The 25 components were grouped conceptually into six domains. In the emotional domain were Psychological Distress (PsyDist), Anger, Fears, Psychotic Symptoms (PsyS), Paranoia (Par), Irritability (Irrit), Elation (Elat), Fear of the Dark (FD), and Financial Worry (FinWo). Somatic Complaints (SomC), Sexual Concerns (SexCon), and Gastrointestinal Problems (GasP) made up the measures in the physiological domain. In the behavioural domain were Cognitive Difficulties (CogDiff), Stimulus-Seeking (StimuS), Discipline (Dis), and Delinquency (Del) whilst the interpersonal domain was formed by Social Withdrawal (SoW), Negative Interpersonal Attitude (NIA), Timidity (Tim), Lie, Dissatisfaction with Self (DWS) and Family Relationship Difficulties (FReD). Alcoholism (Alco) was the only measure in the substance abuse domain, and the gender domain was comprised of Masculinity (Mas) and Femininity (Fem). The third study established preliminary normative means and standard deviations using a small opportunistic Australian university student sample (N = 219). No substantial gender differences were found but gender norms were maintained to facilitate comparisons with the traditional MMPI-2 approach. Comparisons of frequency of 'true' item response between the Australian university student sample and the U.S. restandardisation sample found relatively little differences and permitted evaluation of between sample differences on components and facets. The utility of the structure was demonstrated with the illustration of two clinical case examples, and a comparison was made with the standard MMPI-2 scales and subscales. The Structural Summary for the MMPI-2 demonstrated discriminative measures of psychosocial functioning that were a result of no item overlap, and the ability to attend to the different levels of intensity of self-report items because of differential weightings.

This chapter examines the various ways journalists and activists who purport to fight for sexual diversity have actually reified sexual conformism through two processes: the demonization of the banlieue’s racialized, non-normative sexualities and the willful denial of the banlieue’s queer potential. In journalism, investigative reports, and interventions on the ground, commentators purporting to represent gay and feminist interests have focused on an uncommonly sexist banlieusard virility, with alleged roots in Islamic cultures. This process fits into a larger, more familiar one, in which immigration from the former colonies has been sexualized, with concerns articulated around men’s machismo and women’s subjugation. In recent years, respect for sexual minorities has constituted a new frontier for campaigns targeting banlieue attitudes and behaviors. In this vein, some campaigns purporting to “defend” have taken the form of attacks. Rhetoric about “saving” banlieue women and homosexuals has exoticized the banlieues as inhospitable and lawless zones worthy of human rights intervention. At the same time that it defines the homosexual victim, this rhetoric also determines the “appropriate” expression of homosexual identity or practices.

This chapter focuses on a corner of sexbot ethics that is rarely considered elsewhere: the question of whether and when being a sexbot might be good—or bad—for the sexbot. It claims that there is a surprisingly strong argument that it is permissible to design and create genuinely intelligent, ethically valuable robots for the explicit purpose of serving humans sexually. This argument does not depend in any way on the permissibility of human sex work; as far as the reasoning here is concerned, it may be that human sex work is always wrong. The argument is specific to robots, or more generally to artificially designed people.