French wives admit affairs

Paris - One in seven French women cheats on her husband, according to a public opinion poll released yesterday.

Paris - One in seven French women cheats on her husband, according to a public opinion poll released yesterday.

The BVA poll for the monthly Quo magazine found that 14 per cent of adult women acknowledged having sex outside their marriage. Seven per cent said they had several affairs, while the other 7 per cent said they had just one. The poll relied on telephone interviews conducted in early February with 479 women aged from 25 to 49.

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