Talking about sex is such a taboo in India that the utterance of a person’s sex life itself is enough to malign the person’s name in society. However, recent surveys are breaking all stereotypes regarding India’s idea about sexual intercourse to bring it straight out of the bedroom.
Adult online store That’s Personal revealed India’s most common sexual habits and they will shock you if you thought India was conservative love-making. The survey has been conducted over the past 52 months and includes internal traffic and sales data analysis. The analysis was drawn from customer interactions and feedback that covered over 80,000 orders from 1,123 cities across the country.
Here’s the naked truth:
1. While Maharashtra is the most ‘passionate’ state followed by Karnataka and West Bengal, Tamil Nadu holds the fourth position. In terms of cities, it’s Mumbai, with Delhi and Bangalore close behind.
2. While non-Gujaratis have always joked about sexual habits during Navratri, it turns out to be true, as Gujarat jumps from sixth to the third position for purchasing the most number of sex toys during those nine days.
3. Interestingly, according to a report in the Huffington Post, around 100 million Indians have sex every day which makes India one of the most sexually active countries in the world, in terms of sheer population.
4. At 62 percent, there are more male adult product buyers than a female who stand at a mere 38 percent. And 18 percent products bought by men are lubricants while 16 percent intimate massage objects were bought by women followed by delay sprays, romance and fun stuff, sexy lingerie and apparel, pleasure rings, ‘sexcitement’ lotions, condoms and others.
Baroda, Pune, and Thiruvananthapuram surprisingly have the highest women buyers.
5. Most numbers of BDSM products are ordered by Assam which is also the kinkiest state in India, according to the survey. While the kinkiest product to be bought in India is something as tame as hand cuffs, men and women spend an average of Rs 2,690 on orders and there are 2.4 products per order.
6. Telangana men buy the maximum number of male thongs and, interestingly, men in Uttar Pradesh purchased the most penis enlargement products.
7. Punjabi women buy the most ‘sexciting’ items such as intimate massage objects and sexy lingerie.
8. When it comes to role-play, the Nurse costume is the most favoured. Lubricants and male underwear thongs also are in great demand. The eastern state of West Bengal seems to be interested a lot more in ‘panty candies’ than more commonly used products.
9. The highest ‘performer’ falls under the age group of 25-34 at 44 percent while the age group of 45+ has the lowest with barely 16 percent.
10. February has the highest sale of the adult products in India followed by wedding seasons thanks to Valentine’s Day, while March is the least ‘happening’ period.
11. Panjim has the highest buyers of massage oils, while the highest number of ‘self-picks’ takes place in Nagpur as the city believes in taking control of themselves. On the other hand, Bhopal believes in enjoying every flavour of condoms.
12. You will be surprised to know Mangaluru spends a lot of time shopping for sex with a biggest average size of order at Rs. 3,612, according to the survey.