Let’s Talk About Love – The Independent Pharmacy

Let’s Talk About Love

A brief illustrated guide to sex, health, and romance on Valentine’s Day.

Bet you didn’t know

  • Shakespeare’s Juliet still receives around 1,000 letters every Valentine’s Day.
  • Men spend almost twice as much on Valentine’s Day as women.
  • Valentine’s Day is the second most popular day to get engaged after Christmas.
  • More than 9 million pet owners will buy gifts for their pets this Valentine’s Day.
  • Teachers receive the most Valentine’s cards, followed by kids, mothers, and wives.

By the numbers

  • 198,000,000 The average number of roses produced for Valentine’s Day
  • £45.10 What the average British consumer spends on Valentine’s Day
  • 8% Consumers who celebrate Valentine’s Day
  • 11,000 The average number of children conceived on Valentine’s Day
  • 53% Women who would end their relationship if they didn’t get something for Valentine’s Day

 

Getting down and dirty

  • During the winter months, there are more Internet searches for:
    • Online dating
    • Pornography
    • Lingerie
  • These results coincide with other search trends for:
  • Online dating websites are busiest between Christmas Day and Valentine’s Day.
  • Condom sales are 20–30% higher around Valentine’s Day.
  • More at-home pregnancy tests are sold in March than in any other month.
  • In the last decade, rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis have reached a record-high.
  • Valentine’s Day is a time to look after your sexual health, so be wise about sex with Sexwise.

Pressure to perform

  • Sales of erectile dysfunction medication peak after Valentine’s Day.
  • 1 in 10 men in the world are thought to suffer from erectile dysfunction.
  • Over 20 million men have used, or are currently using, Viagra or other medications to treat ED.
  • Causes of ED are:
    • 80% physical
    • 20% psychological

Only 33% of men with erectile dysfunction seek help and treatment.

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