Abstract
The new 2023 survey "Contexte des sexualités en France" shows that sexual activity continues to diversify, particularly among women, whether we consider the number of sexual partners, same-sex relationships or the practices carried out. But inequalities between women and men remain marked. These differences are part of a normative divide that still opposes, albeit less markedly than before, a female sexuality "affective" to a male sexuality "natural". Revealing the social gender inequalities that prevail in other social spheres, this dichotomy produces tensions that can make it more difficult for women, and for people whose sexuality does not correspond to the normative framework of heterosexuality, to adopt preventive practices.
