Sex and the World Cup
In the last Mind Set Podcast Gareth and Peter delved deep into some of the different forces around the World Cup and how the sport has changed. In that light this article on the Huff Post is a common theme focused around major global sporting events. Just earlier this year at the Olympics there was a condom shortage and now again at the World Cup more stories on these latex commodities.
AFP reports that South Korea’s victory over Greece led to a surge in condom sales, with one paper writing that sales increased five-fold over 2006, when the country failed to advance out of the first round.
Soccer victories aren’t the only way the sport contributes to increased contraceptive sales. In March it was reported that a stunning one billion condoms were needed in South Africa, and 40,000 sex workers are estimated to work during the tournament.
