Love at last for sex-starved singles
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She lay quietly on a narrow bed, greeting potential customers with an impassive stare and a disproportionately buxom form: meet 鈥156,鈥 a stand-in companion for Chinese men with empty beds.
Named for her height, she is a high-quality sex doll made of thermoplastic elastomer, a rubbery material softer than silicone, with adjustable hands, a removable head and genitals, and available from specialist shops in Beijing for about US$2,500.
Liu 鈥 he didn鈥檛 want to give his full name 鈥 has one among the few possessions in his dimly lit studio apartment, in an industrial suburb of the capital.
Like millions in China who leave their homes to work in the cities, the 29-year-old car designer leads a bachelor鈥檚 life during the week, returning to his wife and toddler in Hebei Province every weekend.
Liu has been married for more than a decade and doesn鈥檛 want to be unfaithful, but still needs to satisfy his sexual appetites.
鈥淗onestly, it is very easy to just pay a little money to find a woman in China, but I can鈥檛 bring myself to cheat on my wife,鈥 he said.
But a blow-up alternative was not an option. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no way I鈥檇 have sex with that kind of cheap inflatable,鈥 he said.
Instead he forked out 15,800 yuan (US$2,543.77), almost a month鈥檚 pay, for his Chinese-made 鈥156.鈥
Her removable parts make cleaning or replacement easier, but despite lengthy prior research, he was disappointed.
鈥淎s a designer I can鈥檛 neglect the details. So I just used it a few times,鈥 he said.
Liu bought his doll from Micdolls in Beijing, where salesman Yi Jiange said: 鈥淢ost people think the dolls are more attractive than real women.鈥
They come bald, with customers buying wigs for them according to their preferences.
Some models are also significantly shorter than 鈥156,鈥 for 鈥渃onvenience鈥 he said.
His clients 鈥 whose preferences he discusses over a cup of tea 鈥 are usually professionals or business owners in their 30s and 40s, and he praises them as morally upright.
鈥淚f a married man uses a doll instead of a prostitute, isn鈥檛 it admirable?鈥
Buyers include user鈥檚 wives, Yi said, though he admitted that many clients鈥 partners 鈥渄on鈥檛 quite accept鈥 such dolls.
鈥淢y own girlfriend doesn鈥檛 agree with my work that much either,鈥 he said.
China鈥檚 sex toy market is estimated at up to 100 billion yuan a year by sex toy platform ChinaSexQ.com.
Micdolls owner Zhang Han is expecting business to boom on the back of China鈥檚 severe gender imbalance.
鈥淢any men have difficulty finding a girlfriend,鈥 he said.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 why they might use a doll as replacement.鈥
Also, for some buyers, dolls are not about sex, but love. Calling themselves 鈥渇riends of dolls,鈥 people gather online to share reviews and advice.
But for Liu, the 鈥156鈥 can do nothing to fill the emptiness of his bed.
鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 satisfy me at all,鈥 he said.
鈥淎 doll鈥檚 perfection is derived from mathematical calculations, but it will never be more beautiful than a woman because she has a soul, expresses emotions and shows reaction.鈥
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