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Seniors' Sexuality: Navigating Love and Intimacy in the Golden Years

Explore the changing dynamics of love and sex after 60, debunking stereotypes and offering practical tips for maintaining intimacy. Learn about the realities of aging on sexual function, common issues and fixes for both men and women, and ways to overcome roadblocks to intimacy. Reassess traditional beliefs about sex and marriage, and embrace healthy attitudes towards aging and sexuality. Discover insightful perspectives on maintaining a fulfilling sex life in later years.

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Seniors' Sexuality: Navigating Love and Intimacy in the Golden Years

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  1. Sexy Sixties The New Love and Sex After 60 By:Ben Anderson

  2. Sex Basics • Sexual response cycle: Sexual desire Arousal Climax Recovery. • Male erection = Female Lubrication.

  3. What are typical stereotypes about old people and sex?

  4. Stereotypes • Death by sex (heart attack). • Dirty old men. • Used up (too much sex in youth).

  5. Realities: Normal • Normal physical and physiological changes do not cause sexual problems. • Longer time to erection. • Less semen. • Longer refractory period. • In men, desire declines minimally. • Amount of sexual activity does decrease.

  6. Realities: Normal • Testosterone decreases slightly (1% per year after 25). • Lower capacity for erotic imagery in older men.

  7. Realities: Positives • Male can maintain love making longer. • Old men still fertile (60% in 70’s). • Men do not lose capacity for erections.

  8. Male Issue • Erectile dysfunction (25% or more of sexual encounters). • 5-10% seek help.

  9. Male Fixes • Get regular- sexual activity. • More stimulation (manual or oral). • Viagra (67% effective). • Vacuum devices. • Penile Implants. • Have sex in the morning.

  10. Female Issue • Vagina changes: Narrower, shorter, and less elastic. • Vagina changes: Dryness. • Inability to achieve orgasm.

  11. Female Fixes • Get regular- sexual activity. • Estrogen replacement (lubrication). • Testosterone therapy (desire). • Use lubrication. • Retrain emotional attitudes.

  12. Roadblocks • Children. • Diseases & disabilities. • Surgery (+/-). • Alcohol & Tobacco. • Medications (#1 for men). • Psychological issues. • Self fulfilling prophecies.

  13. Reassessment 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 3The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  14. Assumptions • All sexual disinterest is bad. • Be careful of extremes! • Expectation of no sex. vs. • Expectation of sex.

  15. “Most people don’t wear out, they rust out.”

  16. Reference Butler, R. N., & Lewis, M. I. (2002). The new love and sex after 60 (Rev. ed., 3rd rev. ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ESV: study Bible : English standard version. (ESV text ed.). (2007). Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Bibles.

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