Paid study about doll ownership (all welcome!)

[Sian_E]

Hello everyone,

We are recruiting all doll owners for a new study looking at the psychological characteristics of doll owners and issues related to sexual attitudes and behaviours. This is an extension of previous work, which has since been published and demonstrated how doll owners are not at any increased risk of acting in sexually aggressive ways (and in many cases are less risky than non-owners!).

If you own at least one sex doll / love doll, please do consider taking part in our survey, which will take approximately 10-15 minutes. We are paying participants in this study. At the end of the survey you will be asked to provide an email address (which can be an anonymous address), which is stored securely and separately from your data. We only use this email address to send you your payment, which is an online shopping voucher code worth £5 (or the equivalent in your currency), and a £10 discount code for use on Coeros, who stock doll accessories (see https://www.coeros.com/ for details about what they can provide).

If you would like to take part, please visit the survey website at https://www.soscisurvey.de/doll-ownership/. If you have any questions, please do feel free to reply to this thread, send me a message via the forum, or email at craig.harper@ntu.ac.uk.

Thank you very much in advance of your assistance.

[carbohvdrates]

Interesting stuff but this post says £10, but the website says £5, what's that about?

[siliconevirgin]

Lol, they want us to open up our heads for 5 pounds? That's like $6.50. No thanks, sorry.

[Obi2Kanobi]

Lol, they want us to open up our heads for 5 pounds? That's like $6.50. No thanks, sorry.

Seriously, why even make an offer?

[carbohvdrates]

It's cheap for sure but I'd probably do it for free because it's a good cause, or at the very least I'm a chill enough dude that I know that any data I contribute couldn't really be used against doll owners as a demographic.

I imagine it's probably just meant to compensate for our time rather than being an incentive in itself.

[mibdul]

We are recruiting all doll owners for a new study looking at the psychological characteristics of doll owners and issues related to sexual attitudes and behaviours. This is an extension of previous work, which has since been published and demonstrated how doll owners are not at any increased risk of acting in sexually aggressive ways (and in many cases are less risky than non-owners!).

Submitted!

It's cheap for sure but I'd probably do it for free because it's a good cause, or at the very least I'm a chill enough dude that I know that any data I contribute couldn't really be used against doll owners as a demographic.

Yeah, I'm with carb on it being a good cause. If the sorts of scenarios that the study questionnaire explores are truly representative of prevailing stereotypes about doll owners, then I urgently hope that this research might help to reform (or at least soften) those stereotypes. Am I confident that anyone would listen? No. But the attempt is worth it, I think.

[ondsdoll]

Study this.
Doll manufacturers need to make dolls with realistic Love Holes Placement because most of them fail in this regard.

[Sergey]

Forget bread and circuses, they're so superficial. The government should subsidize sex dolls for people, especially men who cannot afford to have a consensual sex partner. This kind of questionnaire is making history. Every sexually frustrated man should take it. Let the government know that we're a force to reckon with.

[Atlas-Alderbund]

Study this.
Doll manufacturers need to make dolls with realistic Love Holes Placement because most of them fail in this regard.

Go on.... What else?

[Atlas-Alderbund]

Forget bread and circuses, they're so superficial. The government should subsidize sex dolls for people, especially men who cannot afford to have a consensual sex partner. This kind of questionnaire is making history. Every sexually frustrated man should take it. Let the government know that we're a force to reckon with.

The survey seems to be more concerned with how doll owners are perceived to gen pop.

[ondsdoll]

Study this.
Doll manufacturers need to make dolls with realistic Love Holes Placement because most of them fail in this regard.

Go on.... What else?

That's the most important thing, and manufacturers need to display picture of this area more, so that it can be assessed by us as a customer before purchasing.

[Hartmudt]

I have just gone through the study. I was quite disappointed by some of the questions. Especially the many questions about women and their "role". I also found the questionable situations in which you are asked whether this arouses you to be completely out of place. I have the feeling that this study would rather show that all doll owners have a disturbed relationship to women, sexuality and interaction with other people in general.

If it's supposed to be about dolls and their "effect", where are the relevant questions?

- Do you feel better/happier since owning a doll?

- Have other areas of your life changed positively since owning a doll?

- have you become more relaxed/confident in your everyday dealings with women?

- do you feel less alone since you have a doll?

etc etc

[Voltage]

I have just gone through the study. I was quite disappointed by some of the questions. Especially the many questions about women and their "role". I also found the questionable situations in which you are asked whether this arouses you to be completely out of place. I have the feeling that this study would rather show that all doll owners have a disturbed relationship to women, sexuality and interaction with other people in general.

Journalists have been making the rounds on reddit lately. Asking for interviews with doll owners and even replika users. I suspect foul play. There's always a narrative involved in these studies. I insinuated as such to a specific journalist a week ago. He proceeded to go on a multi-post rant filled to the brim with paragraphs how I'm the problem. Guess he didn't like being called out.

[Jmacb9]

I finished it! Are we supposed to receive an email to receive the incentive instantly? I haven’t received anything after waiting a good 10 minutes.

I have just gone through the study. I was quite disappointed by some of the questions. Especially the many questions about women and their "role". I also found the questionable situations in which you are asked whether this arouses you to be completely out of place. I have the feeling that this study would rather show that all doll owners have a disturbed relationship to women, sexuality and interaction with other people in general.

I 1000% agree. I also felt like some of these questions were written under the incorrect assumption that all doll owners are both male and heterosexual. Many of those questions about the sexual nature of women were awkward for me to answer as a gay man. I imagine that the female members of TDF would have similar complaints.

[Clover7]

I'm wondering if its actually a study to gain more of an overall psychological profession from groups who have a commonality, and can be done in turn to further the doll owning spectrum. I also don't like the carrot of dangling a voucher from Coeros.