Definition of "sexbot"

Jealous wives may destroy sexbot rivals and sue the manufacturer.

2000, Richard Rhodes, Visions of technology

Another way that virtual entertainment might go is in the direction of the so-called sexbot. This would be a robotic device with artificial skin […]

2000, Joseph N Pelton, e-Sphere: the rise of the world-wide mind

Having a sexbot had turned out to be more than Nosir had anticipated.

2002, Jason Sullivan, The Dark Yergall

Given that people become addicted to all sorts of pleasures from slot machines to e-mail, sexbot addiction might be inevitable […]

2006, David N L Levy, Robots unlimited: life in a virtual age

Then, we have sexbots, which are based on 1950 stereotypes about how a woman should behave: acquiescent, willing, always ready and patient in the home. How can that combo of 50s behaviour and porn-star looks be good for us as Homo sapiens?

2021 July 25, Claire Armitstead, quoting Jeanette Winterson, “Jeanette Winterson: ‘The male push is to discard the planet: all the boys are going off into space’”, in The Guardian‎