The capital of love, France and its people appear internationally to have an affinity to the act of sex, perhaps unfairly giving its citizens big shoes to fill when it comes to being competent, daring and exciting lovers! We wanted to dig a little deeper to find out more about sex in France including a history of the cultural attitudes, laws and the adult industry in the country as well as just how easy it is to get some casual sex in the country that started the pornography industry.
The culture of sex in France is one of normalcy as France is not a Puritanical society. Unlike the UK and the US where puritanism abounded following the reformation of the church in the 16 th and 17 th century, France cultivated a less moralistic and censorious approach to matters such as sex and self-indulgence. This does not equate to a lack of morals and the French have a very strict sense of decency and both public and private virtues.
What it does mean is that sex is not taboo. Paris, by night, offers the best of sex in France from sex clubs to escorts. Image via Flickr. Sex education in France is considered reasonable with the average age of children receiving tuition being 12; far later than their Northern Scandinavian cousins but earlier than developing nations. A part of the national curriculum since , schools are expected to provide around hours of sex education during the school life of an average child and condoms are routinely passed out to children between the ages of 13 and 14; the age of consent in France is Despite a reputation for being promiscuous and sensual lovers, the French actually have a lower number of average sexual partners than the global average.
The average number is 9 with French people having an average of just 8. Compare this to the US that has Marriage in France is more uncommon than anywhere else in Europe with the annual rate of marriages being just 50 for every 10, citizens; only in Sweden is the rate of unmarried couples living together more prevalent.
Only Hungary and the Baltic States register higher. Culturally the French have enjoyed casual encounters with the practice of libertinism originating in the country. You can find out more about the Swinging Clubs of Paris in our in-house guide, here.
