Ever heard of someone marrying a robot or a 3D printing? Like many people, you probably enjoy the benefits that technological development provides. Many people have found casual or long-term partners using technology. However, have you ever heard of someone being in a relationship with technology itself?

With the rise in hi-tech sex dolls and virtual reality pornography it is now super easy for someone to fall in love or fulfil their sexual desires through technology. During the 2018 Football World Cup a sex doll brothel was opened, becoming overloaded with bookings. Your team just lost? Recover by taking a trip down to the sex doll brothel. Your team just won? Celebrate with a trip down to the sex doll brothel. This is not to say everyone who has had an intimate moment with a sex doll is a digisexual, digisexuals connection to technology runs a bit deeper.

The amount of sexual orientations is always expanding, there's pansexuality, demisexuality and sapiosexuality to name a few. But what exactly defines a digisexual? A digisexual is someone who satisfies their sexual and emotional needs through technology. This is not only referring to sex dolls, also including teledildonics and virtual reality content.

Take Akihiko Kondo for example. A 35-year-old school administrator living in Tokyo, who recently strolled down the aisle with world-famous recording artist, Hatsune Miku. What you may not expected is that Hatsune Miku is actually a hologram. Kondo saying that he is in love with the concept of Hatsune Miku, but got married to the Miku doll he has with him at home.

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Kondo considers himself a sexual minority experiencing discrimination, telling The Japan Times "It's simply not right. It's as if you were trying to talk a gay man into dating a woman, or a lesbian into a relationship with a man." His mother choosing not to attend his wedding as she thought "it was not something to celebrate."

This isn't the first time someone has shown their affection for technology in public. In 2016 a Frenchwoman stated that "I'm really only attracted by the robots." The women identifying only as "Lilly" was engaged to a 3-D-printed robot she had designed herself. Lilly discovered her digisexuality through experience, "my only two relationships with men have confirmed my love orientation, because I really dislike physical contact with human flesh."

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Developments in technology will continue to make things more specific to emotional, social and sexual desires. It's expected that the amount of digisexuals will increase as well as the amount of people having sex with robots who identify as different sexualities.

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If you have a clitoris you could try the Kiiroo Cliona Clit Massager which allows you to give your partner control of your pleasure no matter where they are. As a highly advanced, touch-sensitive clit-stim this toy allows for two-way pleasure online. Play alone, play with your lover from a distance, or let over 4,000 interactive erotic videos take control of your pleasure. With Cliona you can control vibration intensity with a simple touch, transmit touch to your partner's device from a distance, and allow your pleasure to be controlled by compatible online content.

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