A (non-politicial) argument for moving to France

The Telegraph is reporting that French women are becoming increasingly predatory when it come to sex and seeking intimacy.

French women are becoming increasingly assertive in their sexual habits, while one-in-five younger French men “has no interest in sex”, according to one of the most comprehensive surveys of the nation’s love lives.

The survey quotes a lot of statistics that show French women are increasingly more active than their predecessors.

The proportion of French women who claim to have had only one partner has dropped from 68 per cent in 1970, to 43 per cent in 1992 and 34 per cent in 2006. A woman’s average number of partners has risen from under two in 1970 to over five today, while a man’s has remained the same for four decades, almost 13.

French women’s first experience of sex is now almost as early as that of the opposite sex: in 1950 there was a two-year difference, but the gap has narrowed to four months, to around 17 and a half. Meanwhile, more women remain sexually active for longer than previously: nine-out-of-10 women over 50 are sexually active today, compared to just 50 per cent of that age group in 1970.

The quirk is that men are moving in the opposite direction.

One of the more surprising findings was that one-in-five French men aged between 18 and 24 “manifests no interest in sexuality”, while abstinence rates for men under 35 was twice as high as for women.

Maybe that stereotype that the French are more passionate has something behind it.