What women fancy in older men
The babyboomers invented sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, or at least democratised them, and as they move into middle age and beyond, many are no more interested in settling into cosy sexual conformity than they ever were A recent survey commissioned by the makers of the Complan Active energy bar quizzed some 8,000 over 50s and found that over half are having the best sex of their lives. What's more, it seems that many are enjoying it with a measure of wild abandon that might make the kids blanch were they to know what's going on in kitchen, the bathroom and even in the garden. A separate survey of 1,000 men and women questioned for Vielle (the makers of the first medically licensed clitoral stimulator – since you ask), found that the over 50s were more than twice as likely to be satisfied with their sex lives than those aged between 25 and 30. In addition, the survey discovered that 85 per cent think it's more important to please their partner than themselves and that women in this age group are less likely to fake an orgasm. “With more leisure time, children off their hands and often a little more spare cash, the over 50s can take advantage of what can be the best era for sexual imagination!” commented Joy Rosendale, psychosexual therapist and member of the British Association of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (BASRT). “Sex in mid life is often more about having a wider range of intimate behaviours rather than seeing the orgasm as the be all and end all of sexual experience. This in turn leads to a more relaxed and ultimately more satisfying sex life.” Be that as it may, we live in a world where we're constantly faced with impossibly youthful, sexy images on TV, in newspapers, magazines and films and it's all too easy to be persuaded that no one could possibly fancy you if you fall way below those standards of physical ‘perfection'. Clearly we're not all doing it with the lights off, so it can't simply be that we don't mind about looks because, as the old saying has it, ‘all cats are grey in the dark'. Complan's survey claims that over 80 per cent of the over 50s still fancy their partners, but that does imply that 20 per cent don't. Read ‘What women want’ to discover the real turn-offs. Written by Melody Stewart
This article was created: 14 July 2006.
This article was last edited: 14 August 2007.
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