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“It doesn’t take up that much space in my mind”: ultimately, is sex really that important?

2/4/2024, 9:11:47 AM

Highlights: Married for ten years, Agathe has a sex life that she considers “satisfactory” She considers herself to have “ordinary sexuality” while admitting she rarely speaks about this intimate subject. “I have children, a family, an interesting job, friends and with my husband, we can have a very pleasant time even if we don't sleep together at the end of the evening. I am happy in life even if I sometimes don't make love for several weeks! » says the 44-year-old woman.


If sexuality is highlighted and widely valued in society, in private life it often fades into the background. That we can't

“Sexually?”

It comes and goes, but I don't think about it every four mornings.

» Married for ten years, Agathe has a sex life that she considers “satisfactory”.

Before meeting her husband, she had around ten relationships.

Some very pleasant, others which left him with mixed memories.

“A bit like everyone else, right?

» She considers herself to have “ordinary sexuality” while admitting she rarely speaks about this intimate subject.

Except with a very close friend… but without going into details.

“I have children, a family, an interesting job, friends and with my husband, we can have a very pleasant time even if we don't sleep together at the end of the evening.

I am happy in life even if I sometimes don't make love for several weeks!

» says the 44-year-old woman with a smile.

Is Agathe a special case?

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Today, sexualized or eroticized bodies appear everywhere without creating any surprises or cries of horror.

Dating apps are installed on millions of phones.

Pornography alone represents a quarter of Internet video traffic worldwide.

An omnipresence that we do not always find in the French bed.

As if there was a gap between displayed or fantasized sexuality, and a more modest reality for many.

What makes us wonder: is the quest for carnal pleasure a real driving force in our lives?

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