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Child-like sex dolls are being stopped at Australia’s border. They could be an early child protection warning (theconversation.com)
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Importing these products is illegal. Possession is also a Commonwealth offence carrying a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment.

Available figures indicate the scale is significant, but difficult to track consistently. The Department of Home Affairs recorded 103 detections in 2020–21, 88 in 2021–22 and 29 in 2022–23.

An Australian Institute of Criminology review called for more research in the area, but identified plausible risks involved with owning them, including desensitisation, sexual objectification of children, escalation and use in grooming.

The appropriate response is therefore neither to dismiss these objects as harmless fantasy nor to treat possession as automatic proof of future offending. It’s to recognise them as potential risk indicators that may justify investigation.

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[–] 7 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

the 'studies' linked seems to be about 'adult' sxx toys, not child like sxx toys.

Why do you suspect child like sex dolls don't influence interest in sexual abuse fantasies?

there is No positive outcome of those wanting/ owning/ using child like sxx toys.

Except there is a positive outcome, and its the one that depends on whether child like sex dolls reduce interest in sexual abuse, or not.

It is not obvious your perspective is right, and I think you've got it backwards.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago

    i believe it’s quite an accepted pattern of human nature that what we dream/ fantasize/ aspire to do, we would want to do and carry it out in the real-world. hence these child-sex-dolls are dangerous for kids in the society.

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