Fembots, Explained: The Sinister Reality of "Perfect" Robot Women & AI
Click to viewThe "fembot" (aka female robot or artificial intelligence,) is usually beautiful and completely programmable, and functions as an idealized, eroticized iteration of femininity - a woman without opinions, preferences, or sexual agency. She frequently appears in sci-fi and horror movies as a way of exploring the dark side of male desire, and the backlash against feminism - but also as a cautionary tale about the implications of an increasingly technological existence. So why is the fembot such a mainstay in film and TV - and what does the future hold for her? Let’s take a deeper look.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:18 'Fembots' are a surprisingly old concept
02:17 The Stepford Wives & fembots from a new perspective
03:30 Her & the fear of female agency
05:48 Why horror loves (& fears) fembots
08:04 The Other Black Girl & Westworld
09:23 M3GAN & the dark side of kid-focused tech
10:02 The Good Place's Janet & imagining a better future
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