Ever wanted to spend a night with a sex worker, but couldn’t be bothered engaging in actual human interaction? A newly opened brothel in Paris may just have the solution to your ‘socially awkward’ situation.

Xdolls replace sex workers with sex dolls. For 110 euros, customers get an hour with a silicone beauty, who not only come with an adorable name – such as Sofia or Lily – but her own online profile. (Apparently, it’s important to get to know your silicone before you seduce her.)

If you are truly searching for that element of humanity (without actually having to speak to another human), experience enhancers such as virtual reality goggles are available for a subsequent 19 euros.

Sex doll brothels may seem picture-perfect – making sexual encounters easier for those who are socially awkward or sexually explorative, but they also present a number of issues.

While the slow replacement of human sex workers by sex dolls mirrors a larger industrial movement towards ditching a human labour force for AI, it’s also worrying that the ability to engage in violent sexual behaviours with no consequences may also encourage customers to try to replicate these actions in real life.

Plus, I can’t help but think that staring down into those glassy, lifeless eyes might be a bit of a turn off.

However, if the idea of intercourse with plastic Polly still turns you on, you’ll be happy to know that sex doll brothels are popping up all over the globe, as businesses appear in England, Germany and the Netherlands.

Perhaps you’ll be able to say g’day to your own sex doll in Sydney sometime soon.

We’re also getting a 16-storey snowboard ramp as part of Air and Style music festival.