# Your travelling husband or SO goes to a "sex doll brothel" for sexual relief, are you OK with this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014 "2017-02-28T05:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/21 "2017-02-28T16:17:30Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Waayyy to unsanitary. How would you get it cleaned? :eek: :eek: I think most of the doll could be cleaned like any other latex surface: with some sort of diluted bleach spray, water and a cloth. The orifices are removable, invertable and washable. What? I listened to a podcast once featuring the makers of RealDolls! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/22 "2017-02-28T16:29:29Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > As long as hand lotion and tissue paper are less than $100.00, my answer is a resounding No. I imagine it would feel a bit different than that. I can _maybe_ imagine myself trying such a thing _once_ strictly out of curiosity. But yeah, I would expect it to be a bit creepy, and no more “satisfying” than taking matters into my own hands. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/23 "2017-02-28T16:41:34Z")
Just make sure the bleach is diluted with water, and not with ammonia. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/24 "2017-02-28T16:54:51Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > The orifices are removable, invertable and washable.[/SIZE] …I think I saw that on a fortune cookie… ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/25 "2017-02-28T17:09:34Z")
Isn’t the doll part just a front for the live prostitution going-on behind the door? Or, “Yes, sir. We have that doll available this evening. However, would you like to see the preferred guest _options_”? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/26 "2017-02-28T19:00:57Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > I think most of the doll could be cleaned like any other latex surface: with some sort of diluted bleach spray, water and a cloth. The orifices are removable, invertable and washable. > > What? I listened to a podcast once featuring the makers of RealDolls! That is one job you couldn’t pay me enough to do. But I agree that one in the hand is better than two in the latex bush. ---
**Author:** ![Fruitbat2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fruitbat2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fruitbat2)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/27 "2017-02-28T22:57:07Z")
Yeah, I agree that it would probably be more of a novelty than have many regular users but who knows. It will be interesting to see if it lasts. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/28 "2017-03-01T15:30:09Z")
Just checked and apparently it’s on the “not really cool” side of the line. Probably best that I’m not interested. . . You have to wonder. The rental is for an hour. What the hell can you do with a sex doll for an hour? Small talk after you’re finished? ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/29 "2017-03-01T16:16:04Z")
Foreplay ? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/30 "2017-03-01T16:17:29Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > What the hell can you do with a sex doll for an hour? Small talk after you’re finished? If she is inflated with nitrous, there’s always whippets. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/31 "2017-03-02T11:02:05Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Isn’t the doll part just a front for the live prostitution going-on behind the door? > > Or, “Yes, sir. We have that doll available this evening. However, would you like to see the preferred guest _options_”? Prostitution is legal in Spain, so no need for a front. There are plenty of clubs where you can choose between a lot more than 4 models. So probably only interesting as a “let’s try it once” kind of deal, at that price is it more expensive than what is considered normal for half an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/32 "2017-03-02T11:54:25Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Unfortunately, that’s been true of pretty much any comments thread in the past decade. Thanks, Obama! (Okay, where’s the “irony” tag?) ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/33 "2017-03-02T15:37:09Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And BTW, are male dolls available? Not sure about this “doll brothel” specifically, but male sex dolls definitely exist. With detachable penises that come in different sizes and shapes. I’m on my work computer or I’d link to a cite. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/34 "2017-03-02T15:43:09Z")
I don’t mean this as thread derailing, but what reasonably able person really needs “sexual relief”? It’s not a physical emergency. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/35 "2017-03-02T15:49:05Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > I don’t mean this as thread derailing, but what reasonably able person really needs “sexual relief”? It’s not a physical emergency. Really? I could swear I saw a documentary where two nurses gave fist aid. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/36 "2017-03-02T16:09:06Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Really? > > I could swear I saw a documentary where two nurses gave fist aid. Odd. I think I saw a documentary where someone gave a nurse fist aid. (Actually not. I’m not into fisting but that’s all I could think of when I saw your typo(?). ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/37 "2017-03-02T16:14:43Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > …your typo(?). I rather doubt it, since I saw another documentary from the same series, explaining the duties of the Head Nurse. Which, as it turned out, where not just supervisory and administrative. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/38 "2017-03-02T16:17:19Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Isn’t the doll part just a front for the live prostitution going-on behind the door? For a hundred bucks? I’ve been seriously misinformed about how expensive brothels are if that even comes close to a reasonable price. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/39 "2017-03-02T16:22:12Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > I don’t mean this as thread derailing, but what reasonably able person really needs “sexual relief”? It’s not a physical emergency. Do you mean “needs to\* pay \*for some service for sexual relief” or just “needs sexual relief” in general. Because I agree that the former isn’t urgent, the latter can often be quite important. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014/40 "2017-03-02T16:49:12Z")
> [@polar\_bear](#): > > Prostitution is legal in Spain, so no need for a front. There are plenty of clubs where you can choose between a lot more than 4 models. No doubt, but as we enter a new age of feminism fulfilled, and education and lucrative careers by the barrel-load, young women will no longer offer sex for money. > [@](#): > > So probably only interesting as a “let’s try it once” kind of deal, at that price is it more expensive than what is considered normal for half an hour. It might be regular for those who wish to remain strictly faithful to their wives. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-travelling-husband-or-so-goes-to-a-sex-doll-brothel-for-sexual-relief-are-you-ok-with-this/781014.md?page=3)