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Most older women are satisfied with their sex life, even if they aren't getting any. :shocking:
https://www.torontosun.com/2012/01/03/older-women-satisfied-with-sex-lives-study
That's the finding of a new U.S. study, released Tuesday and published in the January issue of the American Journal of Medicine.
Researchers asked 806 older women about their sexual activity and satisfaction. The women, who had a median age of 67, live in an upscale community near San Diego and their health has been tracked for 40 years.
Half of the women reported having a partner and being sexually active in the four weeks leading up to the interview.
Most of the sexually active women - 67.1% - said they achieve orgasm most of the time or always.
But 40% said they never or almost never feel sexual desire, and one-third of sexually active women reported low sexual desire.
Only one in five sexually active women reported high sexual desire.
"Approximately half of the women aged 80 years or more reported arousal, lubrication, and orgasm most of the time, but rarely reported sexual desire," lead researcher Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor said in a release about the study. "These results suggest that women engage in sexual activity for multiple reasons, which may include affirmation or sustenance of a relationship."
Regardless of partner status or sexual activity, 61% of all women in this cohort said they are satisfied with their overall sex life. About 50% of women over the age of 80 reported sexual satisfaction.
Study author Dr. Susan Trompeter said the women may not get sexual satisfaction just from intercourse.
"Sexual activity was not always necessary for sexual satisfaction. Those who were not sexually active may have achieved sexual satisfaction through touching, caressing, or other intimacies developed over the course of a long relationship," Trompeter said.
"Emotional and physical closeness to the partner may be more important than experiencing orgasm. A more positive approach to female sexual health focusing on sexual satisfaction may be more beneficial to women than a focus limited to female sexual activity or dysfunction."
https://www.torontosun.com/2012/01/03/older-women-satisfied-with-sex-lives-study
That's the finding of a new U.S. study, released Tuesday and published in the January issue of the American Journal of Medicine.
Researchers asked 806 older women about their sexual activity and satisfaction. The women, who had a median age of 67, live in an upscale community near San Diego and their health has been tracked for 40 years.
Half of the women reported having a partner and being sexually active in the four weeks leading up to the interview.
Most of the sexually active women - 67.1% - said they achieve orgasm most of the time or always.
But 40% said they never or almost never feel sexual desire, and one-third of sexually active women reported low sexual desire.
Only one in five sexually active women reported high sexual desire.
"Approximately half of the women aged 80 years or more reported arousal, lubrication, and orgasm most of the time, but rarely reported sexual desire," lead researcher Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor said in a release about the study. "These results suggest that women engage in sexual activity for multiple reasons, which may include affirmation or sustenance of a relationship."
Regardless of partner status or sexual activity, 61% of all women in this cohort said they are satisfied with their overall sex life. About 50% of women over the age of 80 reported sexual satisfaction.
Study author Dr. Susan Trompeter said the women may not get sexual satisfaction just from intercourse.
"Sexual activity was not always necessary for sexual satisfaction. Those who were not sexually active may have achieved sexual satisfaction through touching, caressing, or other intimacies developed over the course of a long relationship," Trompeter said.
"Emotional and physical closeness to the partner may be more important than experiencing orgasm. A more positive approach to female sexual health focusing on sexual satisfaction may be more beneficial to women than a focus limited to female sexual activity or dysfunction."
