This is the 4th research on this subject in France. The ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases initiated and financed a study on the “context of sexualities in France”, carried out by researchers from Inserm and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and composed of a multidisciplinary team. “The transformations of French society over the last decades, both on a social and legal, economic and technological level, have had an impact on representations and practices in the field of sexuality and sexual health. “significant changes have occurred since the last survey in 2006,” the report said. After five years of work, the first results were published on Wednesday November 13, 2024. The survey focused in particular on the age of first sexual intercourse in France.
According to this study, the median age at first intercourse in 2023 is 18.2 years for women and 17.7 years for men. “The median age at first sexual intercourse, that is to say the age at which half of the population had their first intercourse, fell by almost three years for women between the beginning of the 1960s and the mid-2000s (20.1 years versus 17.3 years) and a year and a half for men (18.8 years versus 17.3 years),” says the report, which explains that the trends have reversed for years 2010 with an increase in the median age. “In 2019-2023, the median age will reach 18.2 years for women (…)
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