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David Mouriquand

Sex? ‘Non, merci’: New poll finds young French women place less importance on sexual relations

“Sex is as important as eating or drinking,” said French writer and libertine Marquis de Sade. “We ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other.”

We’re not sure what the 16th century nobleman would have made of a recent French sex study, which clearly shows that times and attitudes towards carnal pleasures have evolved.

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