I have also noticed Swiss men are more polite with other men and treat women badly. (Or make comments about women that suggest a very sexist undertone in the culture). It’s like they show deference to men, but never (ever) to women. Remember, Switzerland was the last western country to give women the vote (1970). They didn’t want their women “politicized”. And the Swiss women are raised to be docile and accommodating. So it’s no wonder the men behave as they do…they aren’t particularly accustomed to strong, independent women. Their mothers and sisters aren’t like that.

My Swiss boyfriend was gorgeous, I must say. And I was very attracted to him. Unfortunately, he was very selfish in bed (even after multiple discussions). I have a feeling this wasn’t a completely isolated situation. The Swiss aren’t known to be good lovers and in my one experience, courtship was awful (there was no buying me dinner , romance was nil, and intimacy left much to be desired. (He sure was cute, though).

I don’t know about Swiss-French, but i have to say, that’s the last Swiss-German I’ll date. They’re just way too reserved and sadly, living in Switzerland means a lot of Swiss know nothing about the world outside their bubble. Call them quarky, or whatever… I think the Swiss are quite weird.