If sex-toy sales are any indication, people are seeking sexual pleasure during this anxiety-fraught period of extended social isolation.
Advertisementreported a 30% jump in internet sales toward the end of last month . For Lelo, a luxury sex-toy brand headquartered in Stockholm, the rise was 60% over the same period, while Lovense, which focuses on internet- and Bluetooth-connected interactive toys reported March to be the second-best-performing month in the Hong Kong firm’s nine-year history behind last Christmas.
As an example of just how mainstream, Mintz pointed to the March 27 NYC Health Department advisory titled, which reads, in part: “You are your safest sex partner. Masturbation will not spread COVID-19, especially if you wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds before and after sex.”
“People are scared,” Mintz said. “People are lonely, and I think there’s been enough talk [about the topic that] it’s destigmatizing sex toys and masturbation — finally — and that could be one of the very few positive outcomes of all this.”People are also seeking advice and tips on how to navigate intimacy in the midst of the coronavirus-caused chaos.
What might the lasting legacy be of the pandemic-provoked search for sexual intimacy? That’s something that’s been very much on San Diego“For a few weeks now, I’ve been really curious about the sexologist and sociologists who are going to be studying the social and sexual impact of this for decades,” she said. “Because I think it’s going to show us that sexuality is a need. It’s not frivolous; it’s not silly or inappropriate. It’s a human need.
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