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You Are Never Too Old for Sex, Part 1

You Are Never Too Old for Sex, Part 1

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 In this episode, sex educator and therapist Melanie Ramey addresses the societal myth that there is an age limit on sex. Simply put, we are never too old for sex. If we are above ground, we are sexual beings. It is a societal construct that leads us to believe we can’t have sex as we age. In reality, it is just as valid to enjoy sexual relations in elderhood as in any other age. Melanie discusses the challenges in finding healthcare providers to talk frankly about sex past 60, the differences in our bodies when we’re older, and how to practice safe sex at any age. Dr. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician at the University of California in San Francisco, wrote a book called “Elderhood” which says that we need to view the third part of our lives with the same concern and curiosity that we view the other two-thirds. Life should be considered a trio: childhood, adulthood, and elderhood. Melanie states that sex should not be compared to sex we had in our youth, but that the important thing is to feel safe, satisfied, and content with whatever sexual experience we are having. This episode challenges negative perceptions around aging bodies and senior sexual experiences by examining all the ways in which we remain sexual beings throughout our lives.Resources discussed in this episode:“Elderhood” by Louise Aronson—Contact Melanie Ramey: Instagram: @SexuallySpeakingWithMelanieFacebook: Sexually Speaking with Melanie RameyLinkedin: Sexually Speaking with Melanie Ramey—Canon in D Major performed by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/—TranscriptNarrator: [00:00:03] Is there an age limit for good sex? Is it unusual for seniors to still want to have sexual relationships? Welcome to the Sexually Speaking podcast with sex educator and therapist Melanie Ramey. Melanie assures us that we do not stop being sexual simply because we've reached a certain age. As long as we are still above ground, we are all sexual beings.Melanie Ramey: [00:00:30] Hello and welcome again. As we have expressed on this program, time after time, our sexuality is the core of who we are as human beings, and sex is what we do. We are sex beings from the time we are born until we die, regardless of how old you live to be. We are going to focus in this podcast about sex as we grow older. So listen up wherever you are on the journey. If you're young, you have parents and grandparents and others you know who are getting older. You may work in a facility where older people live, and if you keep breathing long enough, you will get old. A friend of mine, who is an orthopedic surgeon, told me that the oldest person he had ever done surgery on was a 90 year old man who lived in a nursing home. And it seems that his patient got into an altercation with another resident over a woman they were both interested in. The 90 year old patient leaned out of his wheelchair to hit the other man, leaned too far, fell out and broke his hip, necessitating surgery by my friend. Now, this is just one of many examples I could cite that shows us that as long as we live, we can desire emotional relationships and caring by another human being, including sexual relationships.Melanie Ramey: [00:02:07] In 2019, Doctor Louise Aronson, a geriatrician at the University of California in San Francisco, wrote the New York Times bestseller Elderhood. I highly recommend this book and will list it on the Facebook page. In her book, she tells us that we need to look at the third part of life with the same concern, curiosity, sensitivity and vigor that we view the other two thirds. She suggests that we should really view life as childhood, adulthood and elderhood as there are changes that occur when we reach 65 and older. An important discussion in her book, I think, is how she talks about the little education that physicians receive about geriatrics. In her case, about 30 minutes during her medical education. I recently talked with a young student who will be receiving a bachelor's degree in nursing in a couple of months, and she has also received zero information about geriatrics. This is relevant because advice columnists, article writers, book editors, so forth and the like are always suggesting that you speak with your health care professional, formerly known as doctors and nurses, for virtually everything, including questions about sexuality. Well, I'm sorry to tell you, you're not likely to get very much help. As a matter of fact, the health care professionals should actually be doing a sexual health assessment for you. I have done an informal survey of probably several hundred people as to those who have had a sexual health assessment. None had had it. If you're having pain during intercourse or if you're having erectile dysfunction, obviously you need to speak with a health care professional and perhaps you need some sort of medication. And sometimes women fare a little ...
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