As everywhere else, women living in the French capital and its suburbs are the ones who have most often experienced inappropriate behavior of a sexual nature. On average, women in Paris and the suburbs have been confronted five times by people making sexual jokes or comments, compared to 2.3 times for men.
Among French girls, the most common age of first experience with street harassment is between 10 and 14 years old.
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The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Il vous est peut-être arrivé de rencontrer des personnes agissant d'une manière qui vous a semblé indésirable voire agressive. Combien de fois avez-vous vécu l'un des scénarios suivants à Paris / dans votre commune / à Londres ?"
* The source adds the following information: "Study conducted among 1,002 inhabitants of the Grand Paris (502 Parisians, 500 inhabitants of the inner suburbs)"
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