Over 100 prominent French women, including film star Catherine Deneuve, signed the 'Le Monde Letter', pledging to “defend a freedom to bother as indispensable to sexual freedom.” The fervour of the 1968 revolution for social liberation remains strong within the French populace. “French seduction for me is a homage to femininity”, says ex-pornographic actress Brigitte Lahaie. “Our femininity gives us a sort of preferential treatment.” Yet 100% of French women in a recent survey claimed they had been harassed whilst travelling. Arnaud, a young Frenchman, voices the potential misconceptions rife in the male population. “If someone goes to you and tells you like, ‘Can I buy you a drink? You’re beautiful’. You say no, say piss off. But inside yourself you’ll be happy, no?” Gynaecologist Dr Ghada Ha Tem thinks the letter is not representative of French women’s experiences. “I thought it was quite ridiculous. I mean we’re fighting for freedom, we are fighting for empowerment, we are fighting for equity and we can't stay with this very old-fashioned image of women.” These contrasting attitudes highlight the difficulty of defining where flirtation ends and harassment begins.