Sex jokes, watching pornography in the office and degrading comments to female colleagues - one male French employee has spoken out about the shocking culture at his workplace.
A video taken by a woman of a man masturbating on the Paris Metro has been viewed over a million times and judging by the testimonies of other female commuters the incident might be shocking but not that rare.
A French feminist group is pushing for lewd holiday postcards featuring mainly near-naked women to be banned, calling them "sexist and sometimes pornographic".
A reputed French dictionary has been forced to rewrite its definition of "frotteur" - a type of sexual deviant who preys on people on public transport - after sparking anger by defining their crime as "erotic".
Jean-Claude Arnault, the French photographer at the centre of a crisis at the Swedish Academy, has been accused of sexually harassing no less a figure than Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria.
A survey of ballet dancers at the prestigious Paris Opera has revealed widespread complaints of bullying and sexual harassment, as well as separate management concerns over the leadership of dance director Aurelie Dupont.
France plans to make 15 the age of sexual consent after a public outcry over two cases of sex involving 11-year-old girls, Equality Minister Marlene Schiappa said on Monday.
France's environment minister Nicolas Hulot furiously fended off "shameful" rumours of sexual harassment on Wednesday, two weeks after another member of President Emmanuel Macron's cabinet was accused of rape.
A French writer of explicit novels who backed the recent attack on the #MeToo movement launched a blistering new broadside Friday, claiming that some feminists will not be content until "you have to sign a contract with a lawyer before you can have sex."
Allegations of sexual violence in France have exploded since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke new figures reveal, with victims feeling empowered to report their attackers.
A hundred female French personalities from the arts, media and film are calling on President Emmanuel Macron to implement an "emergency plan" against sexual violence, after a series of allegations of harassment and abuse in France.
A text messaging service targeting men "who refuse to take no for an answer" has been taken off line in France after it was bombarded with 20 000 hate messages in a matter of days, its creators said.
French feminists will stage a protest in Paris on Monday as film director Roman Polanski, accused of a string of sexual assaults, is expected to attend a retrospective of his work.
A Muslim feminist activist in France who has accused prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of violent rape detailed her claims in a hard-hitting interview Monday.
Thousands of people took the "Me too" online campaign against sexual harassment and assault started by the Harvey Weinstein affair onto the streets of France Sunday.
A French television channel pulled a hit talent show Thursday on which Canadian producer Gilbert Rozon is a judge after he was accused of sexual assault and harassment.
French women flooded Twitter at the weekend to recount their experiences of being sexually harassed at work. They posted their accounts under the hashtag #balancetonporc or “squeal on your pig”, with some naming and shaming the accused.
A French tennis player who tried to kiss a television reporter against her will during a live broadcast at Roland Garros was banished from the tournament on Tuesday for his "reprehensible behaviour".
France's Finance Minister Michel Sapin has admitted he acted inappropriately towards a female journalist following claims he twanged her knickers elastic -- backtracking after categorically denying the incident just a few hours earlier.
Over 500 female politicians and campaigners have signed a petition denouncing sexual harassment in French politics, one day after a politician resigned after accusations from within his own party.
The world of French politics has once again been left soul searching after another politician was accused of sexually harassing members of his own party. He vehemently denies the claims.
