The Perfect (Artificial) Woman
摘要
This chapter introduces and explores the Galatea type’s characters, instances designed, presented, or labelled as embodying conventional attractiveness or the feminine perfection of an ideal woman. Its subtypes have representational trends focused on obedience, attractiveness, and perfection. The Galatea type presents fetishised derivatisations, creating then continuing a science fiction (SF) fable about hyperfeminine women-as-objects which reinforces the idea that ideal femininity is commodifiable and often disposable. These filmic instances are substitute women within the Duplicate subtype, are created en-masse for private and commercial use within the Mass-Production subtype, and exist to sexually service and please users within the Sex-Bot subtype. Recent representations alter this fable, though only slightly, because they are still hyperfeminine, obedient, conventionally attractive, and considered perfect. The shift from unique, private, personalised creations to customisable, widespread availability suggests a connection with the growing prevalence of off-screen gynoids and female-presenting AI technologies.