“A ‘doll experience room’ is a place punters rent for some W25,000 (US$1=W958) an hour, a fee that includes a bed, a computer, and an inflatable sex doll. Gyeonggi Provincial Police take a dim view of such operations. ‘We understand that there are four doll experience operations currently open for business in the city of Suwon,’ they said. ‘We are currently looking into whether these businesses violate the law.’ Known as a ‘real doll’ or ‘dirty wife’ in the West, the sex toys come in vaguely humanoid shape and have skin that manufacturers say is almost the same to the touch as the real thing. They were introduced to the Korean mainstream at the Sexpo at the Seoul Trade Exhibition Center in August. After the Special Law on Prostitution went into effect in 2004, the press reported that certain motels were providing the dolls to customers to bridge the gap, but this is the first time establishments dedicated to the experience have sprung up in the city. Ads looking for others who are interested in running their own sex doll rooms are springing up on the Internet, a development that leads police to suspect that more such establishments exists across the country. But rubber is rubber and flesh is flesh, so it remains unclear if selling one violates laws against the sale of the other. ‘Since the sex acts are occurring with a doll and not a human being, it is unclear whether the Special Law on Prostitution applies.’ a police officer lamented.” — Chosun (Korea)

(Thanks to Furpo for the link.)

There is a very good reason that prostitution is known as the “oldest profession”: there is insatiable demand. The only way you could eradicate prostitution would be to neuter every male with a nickel in his pocket. Hell, that probably wouldn’t work either. Removing the possibility of orgasm would encourage the neutered johns to explore weirder precincts of libido than they had been wont to do before. The prostitutes would just end up with kinkier clients. Perhaps the demand for hookers would even increase, since no client would ever feel quite satiated.

That seems to be the net effect of the Special Law on Prostitution recently enacted in Korea. A site that seems pissed off about the law notes that prostitution continues to thrive in the country. “The Special Law on Prostitution was a law that went into effect to eliminate prostitution, but paradoxically, it has expanded and transformed new prostitution markets. The shrewd responses of prostitution providers, which have nullified the aim of the law, and persistent demand have combined to make prevalent a sexual culture more abnormal and perverted than before.” The site details how the law has only given momentum to “2 cha clubs,” daeddal-bang joints, and fetish parties.

These “doll experience rooms,” where johns can download some porn and then boink a sex doll, are just the latest creative (er, “aberrant?”) response to the Special Law. While at first blush it might seem ridiculous to patronize a sex doll, on reflection you can see that it has its advantages. In the first place, it skirts the law. In the second place, some sex dolls are extremely expensive, so sharing the costs is helpful. In the third place, you don’t have to bother storing a sex doll in your closet or making up crazy excuses to explain to your family why you’ve brought home a buxom bit of plastic. (”Um, I’m learning CPR…”) In the fourth place, it’s an excellent investment for “brothel” owners, since they don’t have to split profits with the dolls. About the only downside to the operation is the cleaning costs. It can’t be fun to work as the vagina mopper in a doll experience room.

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