This statistic displays the proportion of women who have ever practiced oral sex at least once during their lifetime with a male partner in France between 1970 and 2021. It shows that the share of French women who have already practiced oral sex has increased over the decades: 50 percent of females in France had already practiced oral sex with man in 1970, they were more than 80 percent as of 2006. In 2021, almost nine out of ten French women had practiced oral sex at least once in their life.
Proportion of women who have practiced oral sex with a man at least once during their lifetime in France between 1970 and 2021
Characteristic
Share of respondents
2021
87%
2016
88%
2014
85%
2006
80%
1992
66%
1970
55%
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Women living in metropolitan France; having already had sexual intercourse with a man
Method of interview
Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
Supplementary notes
The source adds the following information:
1970: Ifop study for Family Planning conducted by self-administered questionnaire from June 20 to September 25, 1970 among 2,625 people aged 20 and over, taken from a representative sample of 5,400 people aged 15 and over living in metropolitan France (excluding Corsica).
1992: Ipsos study for ANRS and INED conducted by telephone between September 1991 and February 1992 among 20,055 people, constituting a random sample of the population aged 18 to 69 residing in metropolitan France.
2006: CSF survey ("Contexte de la Sexualité en France") for ANRS-INED-INSERM conducted by telephone between September 2005 and March 2005 among 12,364 people, constituting a random sample of the population aged 18 to 69 residing in metropolitan France.
2014: Ifop study for Marianne conducted by self-administered online questionnaire from April 7 to May 7, 2014 among a sample of 7,403 people, representative of the French population aged 18 and over.
2021: Study conducted from March 1 to 5, 2021.
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IFOP. (September 3, 2021). Proportion of women who have practiced oral sex with a man at least once during their lifetime in France between 1970 and 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1005347/evolution-oral-sex-practices-women-france/
IFOP. "Proportion of women who have practiced oral sex with a man at least once during their lifetime in France between 1970 and 2021." Chart. September 3, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1005347/evolution-oral-sex-practices-women-france/
IFOP. (2021). Proportion of women who have practiced oral sex with a man at least once during their lifetime in France between 1970 and 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1005347/evolution-oral-sex-practices-women-france/
IFOP. "Proportion of Women Who Have Practiced Oral Sex with a Man at Least Once during Their Lifetime in France between 1970 and 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1005347/evolution-oral-sex-practices-women-france/
IFOP, Proportion of women who have practiced oral sex with a man at least once during their lifetime in France between 1970 and 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1005347/evolution-oral-sex-practices-women-france/ (last visited February 21, 2025)
Proportion of women who have practiced oral sex with a man at least once during their lifetime in France between 1970 and 2021 [Graph], IFOP, September 3, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1005347/evolution-oral-sex-practices-women-france/
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