Editing Gynoid (section)

===Sexualization===
{{See also|Sex robot}}

[[File:Sweetheart gynoid berkley.jpg|thumb|"Sweetheart", shown with its creator, Clayton Bailey; the feminine robot (also a functional coffee maker) created a controversy after it was displayed at the [[Lawrence Hall of Science]] at [[University of California, Berkeley]].]]

Gynoids may be "eroticized", and some examples such as Aiko include sensitivity sensors in their breasts and genitals to facilitate sexual response.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.projectaiko.com/faq.html | title = Frequently Asked Question(s) | work = [[Project Aiko]]}}</ref> The fetishization of gynoids in real life has been attributed to male desires for custom-made passive women and compared to life-size [[sex doll]]s.<ref name=desirbody21>{{cite book |title= The desirable body: cultural fetishism and the erotics of consumption|last= Stratton|first=Jon |year= 2001|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=US |isbn=978-0-252-06951-2 | quote = The automaton becomes both a philosophical toy and sexual fetish; I extend the meaning of gynoid to include non-mechanical models of women such life-size dolls | page = 21}}</ref> However, some science fiction works depict them as [[femme fatale|femmes fatales]], fighting the establishment or being rebellious.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rose|first=Steve|date=15 January 2015|title=Ex Machina and sci-fi's obsession with sexy female robots|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/15/ex-machina-sexy-female-robots-scifi-film-obsession|access-date=29 May 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/13/living-dolls-artificial-women-robots |title=Living dolls: sci-fi's fascination with artificial women |first=Nicola |last=Davis |newspaper=The Observer |date=13 January 2015 |access-date=29 May 2023}} (interview with Julie Wosk)</ref>

In 1983, a female robot named "Sweetheart" was removed from a display at the [[Lawrence Hall of Science]]; the robot's breasts, perceived as an exaggerated feature, resulted in a petition being presented claiming it was insulting to women. The robot's creator, [[Clayton Bailey]], a professor of art at [[California State University, East Bay|California State University, Hayward]] called this "censorship" and "next to [[book burning]]".<ref>{{cite news | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qmQ8V0Htqu0C&q=busty%20female%20robot&pg=PA352 | title = Too serious for Professor Bailey | date = 3 November 1983 | work = New Scientist vol 100 November 3, 1983, Page 352 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>