PARIS, March 8 (UPI) -- French women are increasingly assertive when it comes to their sexuality while their male counterparts are losing interest in sex, a study purports.
The French Aids research agency conducted a study that found French women now have had more than twice the number of sexual partners than their counterparts did in the 1970s, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
Meanwhile, the study found 20 percent of young French men currently have "no interest in sex," the British newspaper said
In 1970, the average woman in France reported having had two sex partners, while the recent study found that number has risen to more than five partners.
French women also are staying sexually active longer than previously, the study found.
The Telegraph said the research group determined that while only half of women age 50 or above were sexually active in 1970, 90 percent of today's 50-plus crowd are still sowing their wild oats.
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