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A Sex Doll Brothel Is Coming To Toronto
By David Barden
A nondescript Toronto shopping plaza is set to welcome a new tenant in September that advertises itself as the first sex doll brothel in North America.
Aura Dolls, which will operate alongside a nail salon, massage parlor and dry cleaner, promis- es to bring its patrons “an excit- ing new way” to achieve their needs “without the many restric- tions and limita- tions that a real partner may come with,” according to its website.
The company’s marketing direc- tor, Claire Lee, told City News that there will be no human staff in the brothel sec- tion and that cus-
tomers are unlikely to bump into a single per- son during their visit.
“They put their payment down on the counter and they go straight to their room,” she said. “We don’t have staff there, just a camera. The payment is taken at the beginning, you go into the room, do your time and just leave.”
The company’s website states that it hopes each visitor can enjoy any fantasy or fetish “without judgment or shame, bringing the ultimate sex- ual experience.”
Customers will be charged $60 to $742 for their time with the dolls and are promised that
each is thorough- ly sanitized between clients.
“We try to focus on the fact that since we have this service, for men who have these dark, vio- lent fantasies instead of putting out the urge to act aggressively, they can do something like
this which is safe for everyone,” Lee said.
Toronto City Council member John Filion told CBC/Radio- Canada that peo- ple in his com- munity were con- cerned about the business and that, although he has “an open mind about what
sort of behaviors people want to do, ... people do all sorts of things that we kind of wish they would- n’t in a perfect world.”
While Aura Dolls might be a first for North America, the world’s first brothel showcas- ing silicon sex
dolls opened in Germany last year. Owner Evelyn Schwarz had told the Metro that 70 percent of Bordoll’s cus- tomers returned for more and that, “for many, it is not a fetish but more of a curiosi- ty.”
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