Sex Dolls: Nigerian mixed reactions on this robot

So maybe she's not harmless. But since she was unveiled, a new generation sex doll, termed "Shakira" sold by an online vendor, @sexyrealdolls has gathered so much shade and hate from Nigerian Twitter that she must be wondering what She ever did to anybody.

Let us give credit where it is due.

The conversation about sex dolls started when photos of this new, sex doll named Shakira that finally made a splash on social media over the weekend and most notably, early Monday morning.

Photos of her first in suggestive poses have been circulated since then.

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The doll is visibly voluptuous with accentuated body parts and a deliberate alluring appearance.

Sex doll 7K. Wedding ring bout 5K. Wedding 40K. Divorce attorney 10K. Alimony 1K minimum the rest of your life. Welp fellas, invest wisely.

Naturally, men have begun to whet their appetites. On Twitter, users have explored the full range of what the malleable doll can do.

The spate of insensitive jokes has also been endless.

This is not particularly suprising.

Are we surprised that men like sex?

Even though one can make the case that the doll is made of rubber, the design is made to arouse the basic instinct in most men.

There's a reason why since they became a thing, sex dolls have grown into a major market in their own right.

Men are inclined to talk about these sex dolls because, frankly, they will talk about anything that is even closely related to sex.

I hear the sex doll even moans

Ha

Better than these babes that will be doing hash hashhhhh hasssshhhhh

In a way, Nigerian Twitter has been waiting for this day.

Recently, social media has always been an agora for confrontations over what men and women can and should not do in relationships.

It has spurred numerous narratives and questions such as whether good sex is enough to sustain a relationship or whether a woman who doesn’t know how to cook fried rice on a Sunday afternoon is a true Nigerian woman (whatever that means).

Most of these conversations have put men and women on either side of the fence as to what it takes to satisfy a Nigerian man and maintain a relationship.

The sex doll presents a unique twist; an object whose only purpose is sex.

Is sex all that matters?

Understandably, the humour in the situation is completely lost on most female commentators on social media.

Since the photos of the doll came out, the reactions have been a mixture of outrage, disgust and downright ‘What is wrong with you people’?

And while it’s easy to see how a well-crafted doll that’s capable of having sex might raise a few issues, there really shouldn’t be any comparisons between the doll and actual women.

When the average Nigerian man talks about what is required of women in relationships, a lot of emphasis is placed on sex, as well as other issues like managing the home, cooking, financial prudence, respect and others.

However, there is a common trope that Nigerian men are insatiable and that their appetite for sex is what truly matters to them.

While there is nothing to grant this any credence, the narrative usually rears its ugly head when a couple breaks up over the man's infidelity or two people in relationships are caught cheating.

With a sex doll (valued at  around 2,000 dollars in case you were wondering) now in the picture and Nigerian men tweeting in happiness like lottery winners, it makes it seem like sex is all the men really care about.

In a way, the love that Shakira has gotten may seem like another point scored against Nigerian men.

In reality, it exposes the fickle nature of the relationships between young men and woman and the lack of understanding and context that shows so evidently today.