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Jennifer Knox, an animal rights activist from Norfolk, VA, protests from a mock cage in front of the White House March 13, 2001 in Washington, DC. The nearly naked Knox, who painted her body orange with tiger stripes, was protesting the treatment of animals traveling with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The circus is scheduled to arrive in Washington on March 22. (Photo by Alex Wong/Newsmakers)
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Bargeshagen, GERMANY: A naked anti-G8 activist dances during a demonstration in Bargeshagen, northeastern Germany, on the second official day of the G8 Summit, 07 June 2007. Thousands of demonstrators blocked roads leading to the Group of Eight summit asa massive security operation to counter protests got under way. AFP PHOTO DDP/SEBASTIAN WILLNOW GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN WILLNOW/AFP/Getty Images)
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Paris, FRANCE: A French naked cyclists from Velorution association rides during a worldwide naked cycling protest against cars, gas emission and agressive drivers through the streets of Paris, 09 June 2007, despite the interdiction of French Police Prefecture. AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
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Lima, PERU: Peruvian model Reina Loo (R) on her way to the fountain of the Plaza Mayor in Lima, 13 March 2007 where she will pose almost naked with the Chilean flag painted on her body as a protest against the maritime treaty boundaries between Peru and Chile. On March 12 the Chilean Foreign Affairs Ministry postponed the broadcast of a documentary about 1879 Pacific War between Chile, Peru and Bolivia. The treaty boundaries between the three countries are still a source of diplomatic controversies. AFP PHOTO/JAIME RAZURI (Photo credit should read JAIME RAZURI/AFP/Getty Images)
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A New South Wales police officer, left, escorts demonstrators from the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) from a protest on Sydney's waterfront Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. PETA held a "nude" protest as part of their worldwide fight to end the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and bullfights throughout Europe. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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Nude cyclists ride through Piccadilly Circus during the fourth annual World Naked Bike Ride on June 9, 2007 in London, England. Cyclists in Britain took to the streets for the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR), in protest against global oil dependency. (Photoby Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
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Nearly nude People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) member Amy Jannette wears plaid body paint as she holds a sign protesting the use of fur by the Burberry clothing company, 29 May 2007, outside a Burberry store in New York. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo by STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Nude anti-globalization protesters lie down to spell "No A La OMC" (No To The WTO) during a protest against the upcoming WTO meeting in Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. (AP Photo/Jaime Puebla)
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Brazil's Lina Barbieri, a protestors from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals hold a sign as she stands stripped down to her underwear, on Amsterdam's central Dam square, Netherlands, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008, to protest bullfighting in Spain and Portugal. Protestor Lauren Bowey said PETA plans similar protests around European capitals in the coming year, because tourists attending bullfights help keep them in operation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Yesterday, we asked you to consider whether or not sex with a robot hooker was cheating. "Curious" earned The Noble Prize (and our never-ending respect) by taking the debate to the next level. 
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Thursday 26 June
By avatar_of_awesome
It depends entirely on your motivation!
If you are going to have sex with a robot clone of your wife/girlfriend because they are generally unavailable at the moment (alseep, on the rag, out of town, at work, etc.) then I would give you a "thumbs up". This boils down to a desire for sex when it -cannot/will not- be supplied.
However, if you are going to have sex with a robot clone of your wife/girlfriend while they are available, it becomes a matter of preference. Even though the robot clone looks exactly like your significant other, what if she puts a little extra effort into the sex? Or what if she has moves that blow your mind in a way that your partner never could? In those and similar cases you might as well be cheating on your partner. Just because she looks the same doesn't mean that you wouldn't come to prefer having sex with her over your wife/girlfriend.
I'm not saying that it would be a bad experience by any means, I would totally have sex with my girlfriend and the robot clone at the same time... awesome! *Plus you may be able to get away with this one because the real girl is actually present.
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Friday 27 June
By gordon
Taking it a few steps further, and supposing that the technology were available to make a really realistic clone (without the wife/gf's cooperation):
How much would you pay? - myself, it'd be worth more than all the jewelry and purses I've bought for her, including wedding and engagement rings
Supposing the clone is as good or better in bed, would you be more likely to dump/divorce the woman? (Since she doesn't read this site, I'll admit it: Hells, yeah.)
Monday 30 June
By Ryan
Here's the thing though; Sex (the need for it, the business that drives it) will eventually create what any market wants - and if in our instant gratification culture we want sex dolls that are fully life-like in realism, there will wind up being a lot of people - men and women alike, losing to such beasts. Honey has an attitude? Just pull out robo-Wendy. Bob being an a**-hat? Pull out his robo version and get your instant gratification satisfied. Okay, so one argument is that only your significant other can come and help you jump-start your car at work - but so can a regular friend and AAA. Sick and need someone? Call a private nurse - a one-time charge.
This probably as much as anything will keep some people with "attitudes" in check, of course it will as well as act as a crutch to keep others from investing time in _real_ relationships.
All I know is when the PERFECT replacement exists in the way of a mechanical woman - a bunch of florists, movie houses and swanky restaurants will feel a serious pinch... :-)
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Sunday 20 July
By Niki
But who wants to be the tester for that while they're working out kinks? Let's face facts, there are gonna be a number of people who lose their willies or get electrocuted or something before those things are fully functional which might put some folks off!
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