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05.17.08

The Fembot Mystique

Sex-and-tech writer Annalee Newitz explores the pop-culture fascination with female robots
By Annalee Newitz Posted 08.10.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

Click here for a photo gallery of our favorite bombshell fembots from television and film.

Fembots were a pop-culture staple long before Austin Powers battled them-witness the popularity of The Bionic Woman, The Stepford Wives and Blade Runner. But what is it about curvaceous cyborgs that stirs the imagination?

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