Global life expectancy had been on the rise since 1950, but this historical trend was reversed between 2019 and 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The ownership of sex dolls has become an increasingly controversial social issue in recent years, with many people calling for the criminalization of such dolls. At the root of these calls is the assumption that sex doll ownership contributes to increases in deviant sexual offense risks among doll owners." Craig A. Harper and Rebecca Lievesley (Nottingham/UK) compared the psychological characteristics and comparative sexual aggression proclivities of sex doll owners and a non-owner comparison group using anonymous survey designs.