Okay, so I had an idea, I’m just not sure if what I’m thinking is legal or not.
Let’s say you purchased a Real Doll (link NSFW). For those that don’t wish to click and find out, the Real Doll is a super-realistic sex doll that retails for an insanely large amount of money. A typical Real Doll will cost something in the neighborhood of $5,000.
Now let’s say that you decide to place in ad in some “alternative lifestyle” magazines, advertising the fact that you’re willing to rent out the Real Doll for parties and whatnot. $75 for a “roll in the hay,” or $250 for a full night’s rental. Of course, you have the requisite paperwork the user has to sign to ensure they return said Doll in good condition, else you’d be charging their credit card for any damages done while in their possession.
I mean, ickiness aside, would this work as a business? Is it legal, based on current prostitution laws? I mean, technically you’re providing an inanimate object for sexual intercourse, which might put you in some legal straits. But OTOH, you’re not exactly prostituting anyone, since it’s an inanimate object.
So what do you think? Would this fly, or no?
Just wonderin’ whether or not to rent some office space and get $5,000 for startup costs.
Laws vary by jurisdiction of course. As near as I can tell under Wisconsin law, having a doll available for rental would not be a violation of any statute. Having it available for rental for a “roll in the hay” would be. One is guilty of prostitution in WI if one “Commits or offers to commit or requests to commit an act of sexual contact for anything of value.” “Sexual contact” includes contact between the genitals and “any object” for purposes of sexual gratification.
Quiet, large breasted, submissive women with platinum blond hair, narrow waist, and large lips who’s tired of playing games, seeks take charge man for sensual fun and games. Your own bottle of Armor All a big plus!
I would imagine you’d run into some problems regarding the local health and sanitation laws and regulations, but that would fall under your ‘ickiness’ category.
Of course, if the business does take off, I certainly wouldn’t want to be in the same office, much less, the same county as your potential clientele…
IANAL. A review of the PA Crimes Code seems to hinge on the definition of a ‘complaintant’ and ‘human’, regarding chapters 31 and 59.
Personally, if you wanted to set up “Orifice-R-Us” that’s ginger-peachy with me, but I’ll bet you money the morality police will be all over you like a bukkake video within a fortnight.
My breif perousal of CA seems to concur with your first comment.
Where would the line be drawn. Renting a room to watch porn and masturbate is legal. As long as a real person is not assisting in the act the fact that its a real doll or a bottle of lube and a favorite porno would seem legally irrelevant. It seems like technically an unassisted inanimate object cannot commit prostitution that I can find.
I once saw a website for a guy that would rent out a Sybian, which is a super-duper high-powered vibrator. That’s not to say it’s legal, but someone out there is doing it.
Interesting answers. Thanks to the 12 people that answered, and the 1,000 other people who clicked the link because the OP had “sex” in the title.
How much would one pay for this sort of thing? I picked $250 a night out of a hat, but reasonably, I wonder how much could you charge before it became prohibitively expensive.
In my mind, I think you could probably pay the first unit off within 30-45 days. Then what’s left is to start investing the new money into more models. Then, perhaps, “theme rooms” or other accessories.
Not that I’m actually thinking of going through with this, but the right entrepreneur could probably make a mint renting these things out.
Don’t know about that, but I read an article about the Real Dolls where the creator said he was once offered over 10,000 or so to create a realistic German Shepherd. In the end, he said he just couldn’t bring himself to do it.
