These owners of high-end, anatomically correct dolls use them for sex, love, art, and companionship. Though Davecat may be one of the most visible modern sex doll owners-with an active blog and appearances in articles, documentaries, and TV spots-he’s part of a community called iDollators. “There was never a moment when -or any doll, for that matter-was merely an object to me,” he told me when we spoke last year. He designed their bodies before they were manufactured and their personalities after they arrived. Though he didn’t sculpt them, they are his creations.
His first purchase, which he named Sidore Kuroneko, he considers his wife the other two-named Elena and Muriel-are just intimate friends. Pinocchio, Frankenstein, My Fair Lady, and 90s makeover movie She’s All That all have their origins in that myth.īut Pygmalion’s true modern heir might be Davecat, a man who lives in southeastern Michigan with three high-end sex dolls. The tale has been reimagined countless times since its initial publication as part of Ovid’s epic poem Metamorphoses in 8 A.D. It’s so beautiful that he falls in love with her, prays that she could become real, has his wish granted, and lives happily ever after. The story of Pygmalion goes like this: A sculptor carves a statue in the shape of a beautiful woman.
