Sexual virtual exchanges before and after the confinement in France 2021

French people were asked if they had ever in their life, via a computer or mobile phone, exchanged sexual content on the Internet in 2020 and in 2021. More specifically, the source compared the period before and after the announcement of the Covid-19 lockdown on the 17th of March. From the graph, 45 percent of people aged 18 to 69 had exchanged SMS, instant messages or e-mails of sexual content with their partners after the confinement period on the 27th of April.

Comparison of sexual virtual exchanges before and after the confinement in France from Febuary 2020 to April 2021

Characteristic	Sexual content exchange through SMS, messages or social media	Received naked pictures of others	Received a picture with genitals ("dickpic")	Sent naked picutures of yourself	Watched someone get naked in front of a webcam	Sent a picture of own genitals ("dickpic")	Exhibited your own sexual organs through a webcam	Have had seuxal experiences via webcams on a mobile or desktop
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Release date

July 2021

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Region

France

Survey time period

June 7-10, 2021*

Number of respondents

4,006 respondents

Age group

18-69 years

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Au cours de votre vie, avez-vous déjà via un ordinateur ou un téléphone mobile… ?"

* The source adds the following information: "The survey was conducted with two samples of 3,004 people (online) and 1,002 people (by telephone).
The interviews were conducted by computer-assisted web interviews from June 7 to 10, 2021 and by telephone from June 19 to 20, 2021."

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