Forget Paris and Rome.
If you're desperately searching for sex, go to San Antonio or Cincinnati.
Residents of these cities enjoy a vibrant sex life. -
At the very least, the same is true of their purchase of condoms and contraceptives at grocery stores and pharmacies.
These purchases make them the top 10 of our most desirable cities in the United States.
In the absence of government or academic research on American sexuality in 50 major cities in the United States, we turn to the market to seek answers.
Research firm ACNielsen provided us
Per capita excess indexthe-
Procurement of anti-contraceptive measures in major areas of the United StatesS.
The market for the past 52 weeks.
The average index was 100.
Denver topped the list with a 289 index, which means that sales of contraceptives in the market of its size are 189% higher than normal expectations.
The other top 10 cities are Seattle, Washington, D. C. C.
Salt Lake City.
One might see an average of metropolitan areas like New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, or below the average.
Although sales of condoms and birth control pills are an imperfect way to measure sexual desire ---
This is especially true for one-husband, one-wife couples and one-family couples.
The relationship of sex ---
They do provide a broad prospect for sex in every city. Dr.
Director Keith Rietmeijer plans to control sexually transmitted diseases in the public health department in Denver, Gaothan-
Average condom purchase within a mile
The result of population statistics may be high cities.
Young consumers, for example, may be more inclined to continue buying protective products, and young professionals in Denver are also climbing.
On the other hand, Rietmeijer said that public health officials have been actively engaged in education and STD screening since the medium term90s.
"I hope Denver will be the capital of condoms in the United States. S.
"Said Rietmeijer.
"We do have a campaign to educate the public to avoid unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
"These outreach efforts have recently included a very conspicuous billboard with a man in a quirky outfit that says," who brought syphilis to the party ? "?
"Advertising is caused by a surge in local syphilis cases.
While Denver's figures are encouraging, Troy, a condom maker, found that although condom use has maintained rapid growth as the population grows, single Americans between the ages of 18 and 54 only use condoms once in the 2 billion sexual acts they participate in every year.
In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control found that an average of 40% of men aged 15 to 44 used condoms in recent sexual experiences.
This is a disturbing news for public health experts who have accused the recent increase in the proportion of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)nationwide.
In fact, the sex life of Americans is booming in private life, but it is also constantly
Display images on TV, billboards, the Internet, lyrics, and movies.
A good example: the turning point in the sex toy industry, says Anne Semans, marketing director at adult retail company Babeland, 1998 episode of Sex and the city, usually the dignified Charlotte is obsessed with a vibrator called a rabbit.
Sales of the device have soared.
Further recognition of sexual toys by celebrities such as Eva Longoria, who openly discussed their buying behavior, has allowed more women and couples to be open to their sexuality and preferences
"Over the years, people who buy our sex toys are women who are trying to learn how to orgasm or masturbate, and they do it privately," says Semans . ". "In the last [few]
For many years, the purchase and use of sex toys by women with their partners has been an obvious change.
It has reached an unprecedented level of acceptance.
Semans says vibrators account for 75% of Babeland's
Store sales and 90% of online sales, as well as continued growth in overall sales in recent years.
To develop new products and services, the company often investigates the intimate habits of its customers.
It also compiles location data for Babeland online customers. From Jan. 1 through Nov.
2007, New Yorkers visit the site more frequently than residents of any other city, accounting for 22% of its total traffic.
Seattle is the third most desirable city on our list, second only to New York, accounting for 9% of website visitors. Portland, Ore.
And Washington, D. C. C.
Two other cities in our top 10 also contributed a large part of Babeland's online traffic.
However, some people say that while it may be good for business to mainstream sex, there is no "sexual literacy" and sexually transmitted infections will certainly follow. Dr.
Michael Reese, director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University, said we still know very little about the consequences of sexual contact.
He pointed out that cases of sexually transmitted infections, including chlamydia and human hpv, are rising (HPV)
, Reflects the expensive ignorance.
About half of the sexually transmitted infections occur in young people between the ages of 15 and 24.
According to the CDC, the number of chlamydia cases increased from 50 to 50. 8 to 347.
From 1987 to 100,000, there were 8 cases per 2006.
From 2000 cases to 2006, cases of condyloma acuminatum almost doubled.
The CDC attributed higher numbers to better screening and testing.
"Our sexual health literacy is very low," Reece said . " He noted that the education received by the students was inconsistent and sometimes did not receive guidance on basic reproductive anatomy.
"We are in an era where sex is informative in our personal lives, but we really don't do our job to educate people.