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Fetişizmde Yeni Bir Çağ: Winterson'ın Dis/Ütopik Seksbotları

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 421 - 432, 29.08.2023
https://doi.org/10.29110/soylemdergi.1293662

Abstract

Kadın bedeni ve cinselliği feminis teorisyenler ve eleştirmenler için uzun süredir öncelikli bir alan olmuştur. Son otuz yılda bu çalışma alanı, özellikle bedenlerin yeniden yaratılması ve şekillendirilmesi ile ilgili mevcut teknolojik uygulamalardan büyük ölçüde etkilenmiştir. Her ne kadar bu uygulamalar teknoloji iyimserlerin/severlerin bakış açısında umut verici ve olumlu görünse de feministler, teknolojinin heteroseksüel maskülinitenin arzuları doğrultusunda tasarlanıp geliştirildiğini, böylece kadınların değersizleştirilmesinin ve bedenlerinin nesneleştirilmesinin devamını sağladığını vurgulayarak bedensel değişim ve şekillendirmelere karşı çıkmaktadırlar. Büyüyen seks teknolojisi endüstrisi ve son zamanlarda sayıları giderek artan robot genelevlerinde hizmet veren tam donanımlı seks robotları, heteronormatif teknolojinin olumsuz sonuçlarını açıkça göstermektedirler. Bütün bu bilgiler ışığında bu çalışmada, Jeannette Winterson'ın Frankissstein:Bir Aşk Hikayesi’ni Donna Haraway'in siberfeminist eleştirileri doğrultusunda inceleyerek, seks robotlarının kullanımının cinsiyet sonrası (post-gender) bir dünya yaratamayacağını; aksine, efendi-köle diyalektiği bağlamında cinsel istismarı normalleştirerek yeni bir fetişizm ve tecavüz fantezisi yaratacağı gerçeğini göstermeyi amaçladım.

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A New Era of Fetishism: Winterson’s Dys/Utopian Sexbots

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 421 - 432, 29.08.2023
https://doi.org/10.29110/soylemdergi.1293662

Abstract

The issues concerning the female body and sexuality have long been a priority for feminist scholars and critics. In the last three decades, this field of study has been greatly influenced by current technological implementations, especially regarding the creation and modification of bodies. Although these modifications seem promising from the perspectives of tech-optimists, feminists object to bodily modifications by underlining the fact that technology is designed and developed following the desires of heterosexual masculinity, thereby preserving the dehumanization of women and reinforcing the objectification of their bodies. The growing sextech industry and the recent trend of all-equipped sexbots serving in sexbots brothels demonstrate the adverse consequences of the d/evolution of heteronormative technology. Thus, considering the above discussions within the light of Jeannette Winterson’s Frankissstein: A Love Story (2019) and basing the argument on cyberfeminist critiques of Donna Haraway, in this study, I have aimed to reveal the fact that the use of sexbots will re-establish a new type of fetishism and rape fantasy by normalizing the sexual abuse in a master-slave relationship, rather than creating post-gender worlds.

References

  • Balsamo, Anne (1995). “Forms of Technological Embodiment: Reading the Body in Contemporary Culture”. Mike Featherstone and Roger Burrows (eds). Cyberspace/Cyberbodies/Cyberpunk: Cultures of Technological Embodiment (pp. 216-17). London: SAGE Publications.
  • Beck, Julie (2013, September 6). Married to a Doll: Why One Man Advocates Synthetic Love. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/married-to-a-doll-why-one-man-advocates-synthetic-love/279361/ . Accessed 17 January 2023.
  • Bendel, Oliver (2020). “Care robots with Sexual Assistance Functions”. Proceedings of the AAAI 2020 Spring Symposium: Applied AI in Healthcare: Safety, Community, and the Environment, 1-7.
  • Blázquez, Torres M (2022). Frankenstein and Frankissstein: Looking at The Past to Understand the Future. TAUJA: Universidad de Jaén. Filología Inglesa.
  • Cleckley, Donovan (2023) "Not Beloved, Only Broken: Sex Dolls, Robots, and Woman Hating: The Case for Resistance by Caitlin Roper (Spinifex Press, 2022)," Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence. 7 (4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.23860/dignity.2023.07.04.04
  • Daly, Mary (1979). Gyn/Ecology: The Metaphysics of Radical Feminism. London: The Women’s Press.
  • Danaher, John (2019). “Regulating Child Sex Robots: Restriction or Experimentation?”. Med Law Rev. 27(4), 553–575.
  • Dubé, Simon and Anctil, Dave (2020). “Foundation of Erobotics”. International Journal of Social Robotics. 6, 1205-1233.
  • Eskens, Romy (2017). “Is Sex with Robots Rape?”. J Pract Ethic. 5(2), 62–76.
  • Farley, Melisa, et al (2009). Men Who Buy Sex: Who They Buy And What They Know. London: Eaves
  • Gilbert, Melody (2020, September 23). Silicone Soul. https://www.siliconesoulmovie.com. Accessed 3 February 2023.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Literary Studies
Journal Section EDEBİYAT / ARAŞTIRMA MAKALELERİ
Authors

Muzaffer Derya Nazlıpınar Subaşı 0000-0002-0798-1142

Publication Date August 29, 2023
Submission Date May 7, 2023
Acceptance Date June 26, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023 Volume: 8 Issue: 2

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APA Nazlıpınar Subaşı, M. D. (2023). A New Era of Fetishism: Winterson’s Dys/Utopian Sexbots. Söylem Filoloji Dergisi, 8(2), 421-432. https://doi.org/10.29110/soylemdergi.1293662