You just have to listen to discussions with friends or take a look at the forums to understand that the sexuality of the French is evolving. Less frozen, freersometimes even daring, it slowly but surely moves away from the conventions which have long corseted it. Today, some pleasures used to be displayed without shame, and even with pride.
1. Anal sex, one less and less marginal practice
For decades, anal sex has remained in the dead angle of discussions on sexuality. Perceived as transgressive, even disturbing, it is however today increasingly assumed. According to an IFOP study for Marianne, 51% of French people surveyed have already declared that they have already tasted it. A constant figure.
This tilting is due to several factors: better sex education, the visibility of this practice in the media and an increasing curiosity of couples wishing to intensify their complicity. Far from the clichés, many French people testify to a lived experience with confidence, respect and dialogue. And in many cases, pleasure exceeds expectations.
2. Erotic role -playing games, a powerful engine of desire
Another strong trend: sexual role -playing games. Costumes, improvised scenarios, theatrical staging … Couples redoubled imagination to get out of the routine. An increasing part of the partners explores this practice to revive the flame, and it works.
Entering the role of an unknown or a fantasized figure – professor, patient, delivery man, policewoman – makes it possible to shake up the usual intimacy codes. And to create land conducive to letting go. By inventing a story, we relaunch the game of seduction, often dormant over time. Role playing becomes much more than a gadget: a tool to nourish sexual and emotional complicity.
3. Libertinage: the French more and more open to exploration
The third practice that is gaining popularity? Libertinism. specialized clubs, dedicated applications, private evenings… Libertinage comes out of the shadows and asserts itself as an assumed lifestyle. In a context where monogamy is sometimes perceived as suffocating, some couples see it as a way of exploring their desire without betraying their link.
Far from sulfurous fantasies or clichés of voyeurism, many testimonies report experiences based on mutual respect, communication and shared pleasure. The idea is no longer only to “consume sex”, but to explore other forms of relationships, to expand the borders of the couple … together.
As mentalities open, these formerly taboo practices find their place in the beds of the French. Less judged, better understood, they participate in a redefinition of pleasure, freer, more honest, and resolutely turned towards mutual development.
