Women in France have had more sexual partners than two decades ago, new research shows.
The National Institute for Demographic Studies rejected claims that young people are increasingly becoming less interested in sex.
According to the findings, they are by the time that French women reach the age of 29 with more partners than their counterparts 20 years ago.
Almost 29 percent of women between the ages of 25 and 29 said they had had sex with at least ten different men compared to 8 percent in 2006.
Researcher Marie Bergström attributed the 'renewal of sexual practices and diversification of relationships' in France to an increase in the number of partners.
And although 21 percent of young people said that they had not had sex for more than 12 months, Bergström has linked this to a decrease in the number under 30's in steady relationships and an increase in the number of women to refuse sex when they didn't want it.
The study, including 10,000 French people from 18 to 29 years old, also showed that the number of those who identified themselves as directly had fallen sharply.
French women have had more sexual partners than two decades ago, according to new research
According to the National Institute for Demographic Studies, almost 29 percent of women between 25 and 29 years old said they had had sex with at least ten different men compared to 8 percent in 2006
More than 14 percent of the participants identified as gay, bisexual, pansexual or other sexual orientation of minorities.
This was most common with Gen Z women, 81 percent of whom were identified as a right, compared to 92 percent of men.
Meanwhile, 10 percent of French women who are identified as bisexual, two percent homosexual and five percent pansexual.
Two percent of women said they were identified as sexual.
Sexual violence is the reason for the shift, Bergström said, and noted that for French women, heterosexuality was a “system for favoring domination and violence by men against women.”
Similar trends have also been observed in the UK.
According to the Office for National Statistics, 9.4 percent of Gen Z women and 4.5 percent of men identified as something other than heterosexual.
