Affection, warmth, and sensuality do not have to deteriorate with age and can actually increase in the midlife years. Sex in later life is sex for its own sake since our childbearing years are in our rearview mirrors. We make love for pleasure, release, communication, and intimacy. We lose a step physically, but we more than gain that back with experience. Playwright George Bernard Shaw had it right when he correctly stated, Youth is wasted on the young.
Sex can remain interesting, fulfilling, and exciting in the forties, fifties, sixties, and beyond.
Older women rarely lose their physical ability to reach an orgasm, and many older men exhibit a capability for erections and ejaculations. We can expect the body to slow down gradually in sexual response, however, and for sexual desire to lessen, especially for women. The fact that you have chosen to read about this topic suggests that your sexual relationship is important to you and your spouse. To begin our discussion, let s debunk these common myths about sex in the midlife years. A young male can ejaculate three to six times a day.