Flutterby™! : sexual culture stuff

Two stolen from Sensible Erection:

• Can't find anything more on this, and it being an Ananova story makes it instantly suspect, but a robot builder claims to be building more realistic sex dolls, including internal heaters for body temperature and a pseudo-heart/pulse.
• An archeologist claims to have found a 7,200 year old statue depicting sex.

And, Philip Greenspun asks about an Efficient Market Hypothesis for Dating? as he ponders the "really nice guy" who's looking for a relationship but can't find one. One of the problems with simple economic models is that there's a lot of friction, flocking and momentum that's rarely accounted for, but it may be a useful light in which to cast that search. If we consider that certain market forces and contractual obligations, like being a public versus a private company, or being married, imply behaviors which transcend the simple producer/consumer relationship, I think there might be some useful parallels to draw out even further.