As one of the (real) talking heads in director Allison de Fren's short documentary film on robot fetishism reminds us, the ASFR (alt.sex.fetish.robots, named after a now-defunct Usenet group) phenomenon has its roots in the classical Pygmalion myth—and now includes such wide ranging yet related offshoots as mannequin and transformation fetish, hypno- and sleepy sex, and hyperrealistic love dolls ... all of which involve "not so much the objectification of females as (they do) the feminization of objects", to quote another ASFR aficionado from the film. If you've ever wanted to know why we here at Fleshbot are so smitten with the whole female android thing, this video from 2001 is a good place to start exploring.

"ASFR" (QuickTime movie @ spyworm.tv, via Slashdong)

More resources and links from the film after the jump.

See also:
· "Technosexuality" (excellent overview @ asfrmcfaq.frostelf.com)
· RPB Studios: Living Doll Videos (catalogue and screencaps @ rbpstudios.com)
· Fembot Central BBS (message board @ fembotcentral.com)
· ASFR Fiction (members.aol.com/robolvr)
· Fembots On Film (galleries @ gynoid.dreamhost.com)

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Previously: Celebrity Cyborgs, 4F Creations, CGI by Geoff Ridgeway, Sorayama Pinup Gallery, Sex Bots, Christophe Luxureau, Jehan Legac, Sorayama's Robots, Plastique: Deconstructing Intimacy, Medusa's Realm/Gorgon's Garden, Elena Dorfman: "Still Lovers", Freeze Modeling, Doctor X, Somnophilia Gallery, Sleepwalking Sex, The Making of Lauren, "Sex and the Single Robot", Fembot Casemod, Hot Circuit Porn, The RoboSpanker, Sexy Androids, Electric Sheep, Transformer Porn, Scout Walker Sex, Hypnosex, Mocktoad's Transformations, MaleBots