Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller

Liberté, égalité, nudité: France’s new sexual politics

issue 13 August 2022

Montpellier

France is going through a sexual civil war. After the great carnal outburst of the free-loving soixante-huitards, some have reverted to abstinence and prudishness, while others are pushing sexuality to new extremes.

The crisis in French sexuality has exposed itself this summer as the clothes have come off. It’s not always a pretty sight, and not just because it isn’t true that French people don’t get fat.

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