Food and sex are also sex.

In the past, sex always seemed to be a taboo subject, anything and sex on the side, always easy to be the next person with some different eyes.

In fact, whether single or couple, sexual needs are essential. With the gradual opening of society for the concept of sex, the market for sex toys is also "fantastic" and developing rapidly.

According to the Aimedia Data Center, from 44.05 billion yuan in 2016 to 118.87 billion yuan in 2019, the size of China's erotic products market has expanded by more than double. There are also more and more people are getting into this industry, and SkyEye data shows that in 2020, China added a total of 45,000 erotic goods-related enterprises, with a growth rate of 48.5%.

In addition, adult products also gradually from the original birth control products, gradually expanded to all kinds of erotic goods. For example, silicone dolls, vibrators, erotic lingerie, etc.

Sex dolls - "love that can't go out of the room"

Not long ago, a # silicone doll mistaken for a hidden corpse landlord alarm # of the topic caused discussion, the incident is the alarm Mr. Zhao said that he happened to find a tenant room hidden a "female corpse", the need for the police to the scene as soon as possible to dispose of.

After confirmation, Mr. Zhao saw the "female corpse" under the bed is actually just a one-to-one simulation of a silicone doll. Netizens commented, "simply large social death scene.

Behind the misunderstanding, is a little-known group and a huge market. According to statistics, the global physical sex doll market, from the annual sales of less than 100,000 in 2015, rapidly growing to 2 million in 2020.

Sex dolls are mainly divided into inflatable dolls and entity dolls, entity dolls are divided into TPE dolls and silicone dolls according to the different materials. Called the "baby millet" Chunshuitang, is one of the domestic entity silicone doll brand, which began in May 2017 the research and development of silicone doll manufacturing process, after many trials until October 2020, the product was officially listed, the market has also received a lot of user praise.

Who is buying? According to the user profile of Chun Shui Tang silicone dolls, its consumers are mainly single men between the ages of 25 and 40, there will also be some married men. Chun Shui Tang founder Lin Degang told us for married male users, "There will also be wives to buy for their husbands, why? According to her, this thing can be called to relieve off the pressure of the wife itself to do their duty, give you a doll, don't bother me, because sexual pressure is still a pretty big pressure, give your husband to use this thing to die down." Now there are various types of dolls whether you want anime sex dolls or curvy dolls with good figure or large breasts sex dolls, now in the market have everything.

Do what with? According to the analysis of Chun Shui Tang users, there are roughly three aspects: sexual tools, lovers and hand-me-downs.

Sexual tools are the basic needs, accounting for 40%. "WaYou" burning (a pseudonym) is close to 40 years old, career success, but because of the epidemic wife trapped in Taiwan, the two have been separated for almost two years, "people have needs, I think that whether from the moral scope or from the legal point of view, a doll to be more than my own to go outside I think that whether from the moral category or from the legal point of view, a doll is better than my own to go outside to get some messy things to do."

Burning into the "baby circle" is not long, about three months so far. But has spent a lot of money for them, burning before and after the purchase of eight dolls, spending about 25,000 yuan, the average price of about 3,000 yuan, not including the price of the doll to buy clothes and other peripherals.

In addition to meeting basic physiological needs, burning there is a further layer of consideration, "I'm not afraid to say you joke, there are some and the wife is not good to do, or that she is not too willing to do things, the doll is also an option."

What's amazing about burning is that after a period of use, in addition to physiological needs, and the doll has also produced some emotional ties, "at first it was really out of physiological needs to buy, but slowly, I found that in addition to I want someone to be able to accompany me, they are very quiet, not noisy nor noisy, and now I think of a doll waiting for me at home is very happy. It no longer feels empty."

"Even if I can't walk out of the room love, I feel very satisfied." Burning said.

"Lovers" is the second use of sex dolls, which also accounted for 40%.

"Men inside about 40% will treat her as a girlfriend, what specifically do? According to many male users feedback, when in love to buy clothes for his girlfriend rarely, or even never bought, and never give his girlfriend makeup, but after buying the doll will often go online to find a variety of beautiful clothes, as well as learn how to do hair, how to dress, how to comb hair. We call the spirit and flesh, that is, emotion plus desire, which is the second category of people accounted for forty percent, when it comes to girlfriends." Lin Degang said.

Another "waifu" (a pseudonym), born in 1994, bought more out of companionship needs. "Very lonely. Usually eating, watching movies, playing games are alone, after buying the Aoki (doll name), it feels much better to have someone with you, in fact, I have only used it once since I bought it, I think she brings me emotional satisfaction will be stronger."

Out of love, the small cool will also do all kinds of dress up for the doll, but also to Aoki as the main character compiled into a plot to the story, shared in the waifu platform, received a lot of praise from users.

Waifu platform will also hold photo contests and other activities, inviting Waifu friends to post and share the story with the doll.

The third is to treat the doll as a hand-me-down, no sex and no love, treating it as a large hand-me-down, equivalent hand-me-down.

Whatever the demand, waifu support an annual average of 2 million sales, at present, the market price of physical dolls are generally high, mostly in the 6000-8000 yuan, the market price of silicone simulation doll is about 20-50,000 yuan, even the cheaper TPE dolls, but also about 2000-3000 yuan, as measured, the physical sex doll market size in more than 100 billion.

However, due to the uneven development, the sex doll industry is also facing the situation of cottage rampant, counterfeit and shoddy products. "Now 98% of consumers buy cottage silicone dolls, most people because of ignorance, mistakenly bought TPE dolls, thinking that TPE dolls are silicone dolls, the reality is very different, TPE dolls easy to smell, and the surface is mainly mineral oil composition, pro-licking easy to cause cancer. The real silicone dolls will not have this problem." Lin Degang told us.

Burning is one of the people who stepped on countless pits, "eight physical dolls I currently only left 3-4, at first bought a few said silicone dolls, but in fact TPE dolls, not only the smell, but also very bulky, the physical and pictures differ a lot, until I bought the Chun Shui Tang dolls to know the difference between the two, his dolls are also the most satisfied with my current purchase I'm not only good-looking, but also the best touch."

In addition to the difference in material, the price difference between TPE dolls and silicone dolls is also very large, TPE dolls sell for about 2,000-3,000 yuan, silicone dolls sell for up to about 20-50,000 yuan. "Physical sex dolls have been facing a 'rich people do not need, people without money can not afford' dilemma, so the current cottage silicone dolls (tpe dolls) accounted for 98% of the market share, silicone dolls accounted for only 2%." Lin Degang said.

In order to make physical sex dolls from luxury to mass products, Chun Shui Tang efforts to industrialize and mass production, its factory in Dongguan, an area of up to 8,000 square meters, is the world's largest silicone doll factory.

At present, the lowest domestic price of Chun Shui Tang's silicone dolls is 2999 yuan, known as the "baby millet". "So that the majority of sex doll users, can use 2999 yuan this really affordable price, to buy real silicone dolls, rather than cottage silicone dolls, which will promote the rapid growth of the silicone doll market, from a luxury product to become a mass consumer goods." Lin Degang said.

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