An unromantic yet fascinating peek behind the curtain of the global adult novelty economy, just in time for Valentine's Day! For many of you lonely hearts, this is where tonight's date came from. WARNING: Even though these are the least sexy photos you could imagine, they're still slightly NSFW.
Workers inflate a sex doll during a test process at Ningbo Yamei toy factory, on the outskirts of Fenghua, Zhejiang province, February 13, 2012. The company started producing sex dolls three years ago, and now manufactures a total of 13 types of dolls at the average price of $16.00. More than 50,000 sex dolls were sold last year, about fifteen percent of which were exported to Japan, Korea and Turkey.
(Reuters / Jason Lee)
(Reuters / Jason Lee)
(Reuters / Jason Lee)
(Reuters / Jason Lee)
