In "Sans Rendez-vous", the sexologist Catherine Blanc, answers Émilie, a 36-year-old bachelor, who hesitates to buy a sex toy during this period of confinement.

>> After three weeks, the confinement can start to weigh heavily. This is particularly the case on the sexual level for people who find themselves cloistered at home alone, or single people. Should we take the opportunity to buy a sex toy? In "Sans Rendez-vous" on Europe 1 this Thursday, sexologist and psychoanalyst Catherine Blanc answers Emilie, who hesitates to take the plunge.

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The question of Emilie, 36 years old

"I am single, and during confinement several friends advised me to order a sex toy. I am hesitant because I tell myself that it will only be useful this month. What do you think?"

Catherine Blanc's response

It is rather curious that it is a council of the girlfriends, that is to say a projection of the sexuality of the ones and the others on one which asked nothing. There is nevertheless this rather curious idea which is conveyed in our society today, which one cannot do without sexuality. We have gone from total prohibition to the impossibility of resisting it. Obviously everyone does what he wants with his body, and buying a sex toy is not prohibited, it can also be made, it happens much faster than by post. But let's make sure that we live what tells us, not what the community seems to dictate.

Perhaps time is starting to be a bit long for singles? A fortiori if the confinement lasts over time

When we got pubescent, we didn't jump on someone immediately. Weeks, months, even years went by before the act, and yet we were in the most intense hormonal bath that was most conducive to sexuality. Like what we can resist.

Do you necessarily need a sextoy to have fun alone?

Sex toys have always existed since the dawn of time, buying one is quite possible, but you can also do good with your hand or your thoughts. Women can put themselves in extremely strong states of excitement just with fantasies and scenarios. One is not obliged to consume sex toy, just as one is not obliged to get excited during a time when one is not close to others.

It may also be a moment of exploration, to finally know how we work ourselves, where we can go without being guided by the relationship with others, and discover all the riches of our sex. Let's be imaginative, our dreams are endless! Do not apply what the neighbor did. The goal is not to enjoy symbolic sex, but what makes us enjoy, and allow ourselves to be able to have fun with what we want, without making it an obsession.