Condom sales +5% in Q4 2008 |
Don’t know about you, but it’s getting harder to stay positive with the economy and bailouts and other negativity flowing, but hey, at least condom sales aren’t hurting:
According to data from the Nielsen Company, condom sales went up approximately five percent in 2008’s fourth quarter and around six percent this January, compared to last year. Just as millions of Americans resorted to nesting during the Great Depression, they are repeating the trend again in our current recession.
What empirical data can we draw from this? More people staying home and doing the horizontal bop instead of out spending money at the mall?
Or maybe it is just people afraid that if they don’t use it, they will lose it?
There are physiological factors, but, you know, sex slumps sort of beget sex slumps. Being sexy and having sex begets more sex. Sex is its own aphrodisiac. If you don’t use it, you can lose it. Testosterone levels — which men and woman have — start to diminish and your body and mind get habituated to not having sex.
Wish I had more to say on this topic but there are sometimes where quotes and links speak for themselves.
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That’s awesome!
What a great post:)
Comment by Grog — February 19, 2009 @ 9:26 am PST
I’m not sure that I buy the nesting angle on this one. These kinds of growth numbers are not unusual for the condom market. We also don’t know whether or not there was heavy advertising in the latest quarter. If the numbers were up 50% I might buy into the argument, but a measly 5% could just be the impact of inflation on the latex market.
Comment by Davis Freeberg — February 19, 2009 @ 12:23 pm PST
Yeah Davis, 5% is not much, but the story made me smile. Thought it might be good to pass along. We need some more smiles in these times.
Comment by TDavid — February 20, 2009 @ 6:48 am PST
Maybe they’re afraid that if they don’t use a condom, they’ll have a major expense on their hand.
Plus, it’s a much cheaper and more reliable than other forms of birth control.
Comment by Sterling Camden — February 21, 2009 @ 2:37 pm PST
I think it’s most likely that:
a) People are putting off having children
and
b) Condoms are cheaper than birth control pills, and if you lose your job, you lose prescription coverage.
Comment by Eric — March 3, 2009 @ 9:00 am PST
I agree with Eric….cheaper BC method than others and people figure they REALLY can’t afford to have more kids right now. It’s not like the old days when you could use them to work the farm. Now you have to PAY to clothe, feed, and entertain them, the little buggers!
Comment by jennifer — March 3, 2009 @ 1:18 pm PST