Now is the time to address harmful stereotypes and insure that elderly people in the future do not have to live with the prejudices that affect them today. Societal attitudes toward sexuality in later life are troubling. A great number believe that far fewer mature men and women have sex than actually do. Many feel that after a certain age, sexuality becomes an insignificant or indifferent part of life. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Most older people experience some interest in sexual intimacy.
Many people are sexually intimate well into their 80s and beyond. The real differences that exist lie in the way sexuality is expressed. Most anything can be a turn-on at 20, but at 60, after years of sexual experience, expressions of sexuality are more refined, more evolved. The act can be at this time can be a masterwork after years study. This means that our personal relationships take on an increased importance.