Is your marriage feeling shaky? One UBC professor says she has an answer: sex robots.
Introducing a robotic element to your marriage could take the focus off sex and place it back on love, says economics professor Marina Adshade in her new book, Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications.
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Sex robots, however, could change what marriages look like in the future.
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