China's millennials stimulate US$15bil sex toy market


Sex and relationships advice blogger Yi Heng, who runs discussion groups on the topic of sex toys, at her home in Beijing. Demand for sex toys is increasing in China, the world's biggest exporter of bedroom aids, partly thanks to the coronavirus and also a product of a wider cultural shift in attitudes towards sex by a younger and more open-minded demographic. - AFP

BEIJING, Oct 18, 2020 (AFP): Single and locked out of Beijing's dating scene by the pandemic, Amy was encouraged by other women in online chatrooms to find a solution to her enforced abstinence -- a sex toy.

"Before, I felt a bit scared and embarrassed to use them," said the 27-year-old, who did not wish to disclose her real name. "Then I discovered a new world."

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