The Relational Sexual Self, Interhuman Sexuality & Sex Robot Ethics
In this reply, we respond to Hayate Shimizu’s and Masaki Ooka’s commentary “Relational Selfhood, Queering and Design Risks: A Commentary on van der Horst and Puzio” (2026) on our article “Queering Sex Robots Beyond Diversifying Design? Insights from Queer Lacanian Psychoanalysis and New Materialism” (van der Horst & Puzio, 2026) in which we explore the possibilities of diversifying the debate on queering sex robots. In this reply to their commentary, we respond to their two main claims - regarding the ontological status of the relational sexual self and the ethical sensitivity necessary to translate ‘designing for friction’ from theory to practice – and aim to continue the discussion on queering sex robots.
Authors
- Anna Puzio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8339-6244)
- Maaike van der Horst
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Twente (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Philosophy & Technology
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-026-01083-8
- Primary Topic
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Twente