"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all." -- Samuel Butler
Sex Advice for Baby Boomers
Sex advice is offered for older couples who would like to receive a greater satisfaction.
Concepts:
Changes in Women's Sex Life Due to Aging
This link displays an article that tells a little more about the physiological changes a woman goes through as she ages.
Sexuality and Seniority
Instead of focusing on the things that go wrong and illness that become of having sexual intercourse, this article focuses on how sex may help prevent sexual dysfunction in men.
Older Americans Have Active Sex Lives
This journal article is very interesting. It is surprising the statistics that they show.
I chose this chapter because I am curious. Who isn't curious about sexual activity, especially in older couples. When I was younger, I would have never thought that my grandparents would have been sexually active. After this chapter and more research, I have learned that it is important for older couples to remain sexually active. If one is alone or single, they often go out and look forward to dating.
After reading the section on women and age-related physiological, I now know what to look forward to, unfortunately. It is interesting that smoking can lead to an earlier onset of menopause. Fortunately for men, they don't go through many physiological changes but they do go through a similar situation as women. Instead of menopause, they experience viropause.
Definitions:
Menopause-cessation of the menstrual cycle
Viropause- male menopause
Sexuality- feelings of sexual desire, expression, and intimacy, not only sexual activity.
Penile Implant- a device surgically implanted in the penis to reverse impotence and allow an erection.
Refractory Period- in men, the time between ejaculation and another erection.
Orgasm- climax of sexual excitement.
Climacteric- in women, the decline in estrogen production and the loss of reproductive ability; in men, the decline in testosterone.
Erection- the swelling of the penis or clitoris in sexual excitement.
Impotence-the inability to have or maintain an erection.
Intimacy- freedom to express and respond to human closeness
