What the French Can Teach Us About Fucking?
Netflix has killed more orgasms than the Cold War
I grew up nursing a romantic fantasy about the French.
Like many women of my generation, I idealized that natural sensuality, that je ne sais quoi that seemed to spontaneously spring from the streets of Paris and its inhabitants.
Today, I look at the data and laugh at my own naivety.
France, the cradle of European eroticism, is officially in a libido crisis.
The numbers are relentless and, to be honest, tragically comical. One in four French people — yes, you read that right — haven’t had sex in the past year. In 2006, it was only 9%.
In less than two decades, the nation that sold us love as a registered trademark has transformed into a society of involuntary celibates.
And the most shocking part?
The younger generation is leading this downward trend.
We’re witnessing the death of the greatest cultural bluff in modern history. France’s image as the epicenter of European sensuality is crumbling faster than a poorly made croissant.
And do you know what’s causing this libidinal implosion? It wasn’t a pandemic (though that didn’t help), it wasn’t an economic…
