THE FUTURE OF SEX
The skin is the most unnerving thing of all about these headless bodies
ABYSS Creations is located in an unremarkable grey building in California. There’s no sign, no logo, no indication that a world-leading, multimillion-dollar sex toy business operates behind the tinted glass.
You’re greeted at reception by a life-size female doll in black glasses and a white shirt that strains to contain her generous cleavage. A male doll stands beside her, dressed in a grey tie and waistcoat.
This is the home of RealDoll, the world’s most hyper-realistic silicone sex doll. Every year, up to 600 of them are sent out to bedrooms in the US, Germany and Britain, China and beyond, costing anything from $5 999 (about R98 000) for a basic model to tens of thousands if the customer has unusual specifications.
Vanity Fair magazine calls them “the Rolls Royce of sex dolls”. RealDolls have modelled in Dolce & Gabbana fashion shoots and starred in a string of movies and TV shows, from CSI: New York to My Name is Earl, and most famously opposite Ryan Gosling in Lars and the Real Girl.
Dakotah Shore, the nephew and all-round helper of
