This bar chart displays the public opinion on the act of kissing someone forcefully on the mouth in France in 2019. It appears that 67 percent of the respondents would qualify such a situation as a sexual assault but not rape.
*This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Pour chacun de ces comportements, dites-moi comment vous personellement vous le qualifieriez?: - Embrasser de force une personne sur la bouche."
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Ipsos, & Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie. (June 20, 2019). How would you qualify the act of kissing someone forcefully on the mouth?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033151/opinion-sexual-assault-situations-france/
Ipsos, und Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie. "How would you qualify the act of kissing someone forcefully on the mouth?*." Chart. June 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033151/opinion-sexual-assault-situations-france/
Ipsos, Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie. (2019). How would you qualify the act of kissing someone forcefully on the mouth?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033151/opinion-sexual-assault-situations-france/
Ipsos, and Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie. "How Would You Qualify The Act of Kissing Someone Forcefully on The Mouth?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033151/opinion-sexual-assault-situations-france/
Ipsos & Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie, How would you qualify the act of kissing someone forcefully on the mouth?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033151/opinion-sexual-assault-situations-france/ (last visited July 03, 2025)
How would you qualify the act of kissing someone forcefully on the mouth?* [Graph], Ipsos, & Association Mémoire Traumatique et Victimologie, June 20, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033151/opinion-sexual-assault-situations-france/
