Italian women are considered the most elegant and fascinating in Europe but also the most sexually inhibited, according to a new poll out on Tuesday.
Some 41% of respondents said Italian women were the most fashionable and 34% were won over by their Mediterranean charm in the poll, conducted by European online dating service Meetic.
But an overwhelming 85% of respondents said Italian women were the most ''sexually problematic'' in Europe, while their French counterparts were the most liberated, followed by the Germans and the British.
Meetic interviewed 5,000 men and women aged 18-64 in Italy, Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom for the poll, which also judged the Germans the most athletic but worst dressed, the French the most cultured and the Spanish the most fun.