Friday, December 9, 2011

Blog #10

During the semester we discussed, in detail, the role of being sexual being for aging adults. We discussed the advantages and disadvantages of older adults maintaining their sexual identity. As a class, we discussed our thoughts and feelings on the subject and some of the feelings that the class showed was very interesting to me. This discussion and lecture gave me the motivation to research the topic further. During this research I came across and article called, "How important is sex in later life? The views of older people". This article is a recent study (2002) and it interested me because it took a qualitative approach to sex in regards to later life relationships. The article found that participants who did not consider sex to be of any importance to them neither had a current sexual partner, nor felt that they would have another sexual partner in their lifetime. Those who did have a sexual partner placed an importance on having sex in their life. Also, when sex seemed to slow down or some age was the reason that was given in order to cope with the situation. The study also found that sex was easier in later life relationships when the relationship was not short. I believe that these findings show that we, as a culture need to place a greater importance on sex for the aging population. I think this because I believe that sex for older adults is a healthy behavior to participate in.


Questions to consider for the class


Do any of these findings surprise you in anyway? Why or why not?

What implications do these findings tell you about where to further develop the field of later life relationships?

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