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According to a study published on bmj.com,
the number of 70 year olds that are having sex - and saying it is good
sex - is increasing. Further, more older women are indicating specific
satisfaction with their sex lives.
Much of the research on sexual activity concerns younger people, and
our objective knowledge about sexual behaviors among older people is
quite limited. Since researchers usually focus on the sexual problems
of older people (i.e., erectile dysfunction), they have failed to
conduct analyses that focus on this group's "normal" sexual activity.
However, Swedish researcher Nils Beckman and colleagues from the
University of Gothenburg in Sweden have conducted a study to learn
about the attitudes to sex in later life. Participating in the project
were four representative population samples of 70 year olds in Sweden
interviewed in 1971-2, 1976-7, 1992-3, and 2000-1. Over these three
decades, more than 1,500 septuagenarians offered to the researchers
details of their sex lives regarding sexual dysfunctions, marital
satisfaction and sexual activity.
Beckman and colleagues found that in thirty years, there was an
across-the-board increase in the number of 70 year olds that reported
engaging in sexual intercourse. From 1971-2 to 2001-2:
According to a study published on bmj.com,
the number of 70 year olds that are having sex - and saying it is good
sex - is increasing. Further, more older women are indicating specific
satisfaction with their sex lives.
Much of the research on sexual activity concerns younger people, and
our objective knowledge about sexual behaviors among older people is
quite limited. Since researchers usually focus on the sexual problems
of older people (i.e., erectile dysfunction), they have failed to
conduct analyses that focus on this group's "normal" sexual activity.
However, Swedish researcher Nils Beckman and colleagues from the
University of Gothenburg in Sweden have conducted a study to learn
about the attitudes to sex in later life. Participating in the project
were four representative population samples of 70 year olds in Sweden
interviewed in 1971-2, 1976-7, 1992-3, and 2000-1. Over these three
decades, more than 1,500 septuagenarians offered to the researchers
details of their sex lives regarding sexual dysfunctions, marital
satisfaction and sexual activity.
Beckman and colleagues found that in thirty years, there was an
across-the-board increase in the number of 70 year olds that reported
engaging in sexual intercourse. From 1971-2 to 2001-2:
- Married men increased from 52% to 98%
- Married women increased from 38% to 56%
- Unmarried men increased from 30% to 54%
- Unmarried women increased from 0.8% to 12%<----WTH ?
