It’s rare we feel sympathy towards the French, but when your run-of-the-mill French dude can only afford to walk out of a novelty store with one sex toy as opposed to three or four we can’t help ourselves. Per Reuters:

PARIS (Reuters) – Sales in the French erotic industry have fallen as the global economic crisis has driven consumers to reduce their spending on sex toys, massage oils and other kinky products, sector specialists say.

At “Big Eropolis,” an erotic fair that opened on Friday near Paris and bills itself as the biggest of its kind in the world, attendance was healthy but stall owners said customers were not spending as much as in previous years…

There would, however, be at least as many visitors at the fair this year as last year, each paying 30 euros a ticket…as adults of all ages browsed at stalls selling a wide variety of vibrators, lingerie and high-heeled footwear.

“We have had a fall in turnover of about 30 percent compared with last year,” said Bernard Montagud, who runs a sex toy stand at the fair which travels around France.

“Of course there’s been an impact on business. Before, when a customer came and we presented the products, we always managed to sell them two or three items. Now, alas, they leave with one single item. We feel the impact,” he added…

But to some visitors at the fair, which also included a stage on which stripteases were performed to loud music, falling sales of sex toys made no sense in the current economic climate.

“When you can’t go out, you have fun at home. So maybe it (the fair) can work,” said a pensioner who gave only her first name, Joelle, adding that her spending had not changed.

We wholeheartedly agree with Joelle’s assessment and are now endorsing her as the next finance minister of France. Here’s to staying in and making some weird decisions.

[Reuters via Yahoo]

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