Desire in Code: Legal Perspectives on Sex Robots and Consent
Business of Sex Morgan Martinez Business of Sex Morgan Martinez

Desire in Code: Legal Perspectives on Sex Robots and Consent

At the intersection of law, technology, and gender is the book, The Regulation of Sex Robots: Gender and Sexuality in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (Routledge, 2025), which extends that agenda with a framework for governing human-like, AI-enabled sexual technologies, moving beyond binary debates and pushing for context-aware regulation, rather than knee-jerk bans.

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Closing Empire Spa Isn’t Protection — It’s Punishing Workers
Business of Sex Daniel Saynt Business of Sex Daniel Saynt

Closing Empire Spa Isn’t Protection — It’s Punishing Workers

The city’s strategy is simple: shut down Empire Spa for a year, slap steep fines on the owners, and ban the site from ever again hosting massage services. But this isn’t about community safety - it’s about erasure. When legal redress is unavailable, workers can’t enforce contracts, call the police, or demand respect. Instead, they vanish into the shadows.

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