Only 29% of French women say they are satisfied with their sex life, 41% wishing to have more libido.
- 13% of young French women say they have never had an orgasm.
- 31% of young French women abstain from all sexual relations when they have their period.
61.5% of French women are not satisfied with their libido, according to a new study carried out by the Emancipated platform in June 2021. These women find their libido “too fluctuating”, “variable”, “weak”, “changing”, “little present”, “cyclical”, even “non-existent”.
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Direct consequences of this concern: discomfort, unwanted sexual intercourse and lying. Nearly 5 out of 10 women have already felt shame about their lack of sexual desire. 41% of respondents have had sex with their partner just to please them, and 14% to reassure themselves sexually about their relationship. “normality”. Nearly 21% of French women have already inflated the figures of the frequency of their sexual relations with their close friends, and 10% are lying… to themselves.
Among the factors explaining this lack of libido, women mention fatigue, stress and lack of communication with the partner.
Sexual desire fluctuates with the menstrual cycle
Last lesson of the survey, but not least, sexual desire fluctuates with the menstrual cycle for 90% of the women questioned. It is during ovulation that their excitement is highest (for 24% of respondents), as well as during menstruation (16%). 14% of French women, aware of the fluctuations of their libido, had, on the other hand, never noticed that these could be linked to the phases of their cycle.
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