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Sex in your 60's
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Due to advances in medical knowledge and a greater understanding of preventative health, we are all living longer and leading more active lives. Older people may not want to do it 56 ways on a park bench, but neither do they want to be left on the bench waiting until their time is up. Figures published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour revealed that among healthy 80 to 102 year olds, 63 per cent of men and 30 per cent of women are still having sexual intercourse (In this age group there are 39 men for every 100 women, which may explain the difference). Ben Harding, from Help The Aged, a national charity for the elderly, says: 'A few extra years on your clock doesn't make you any less of a person or a sexual being. We don't see why people should be surprised by this. We dedicate a lot of our time to trying to change the attitude of society as a whole when it comes to this issue.'
Due to advances in medical knowledge and a greater understanding of preventative health, we are all living longer and leading more active lives. Older people may not want to do it 56 ways on a park bench, but neither do they want to be left on the bench waiting until their time is up. Figures published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour revealed that among healthy 80 to 102 year olds, 63 per cent of men and 30 per cent of women are still having sexual intercourse (In this age group there are 39 men for every 100 women, which may explain the difference). Ben Harding, from Help The Aged, a national charity for the elderly, says: 'A few extra years on your clock doesn't make you any less of a person or a sexual being. We don't see why people should be surprised by this. We dedicate a lot of our time to trying to change the attitude of society as a whole when it comes to this issue.'
Despite what most of the young think about older people having sex, I hope that when my time comes I will choose sex over stately homes. After all, maybe I've misinterpreted the eagerness those ladies in beige demonstrate when piling out of coaches. Perhaps there is more to a pensioners' outing than meets the eye.
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