seniors and sex

Women's health advocates vigorously question unrealistic projections for sexuality and aging - bleak sexual desert or pharmaceutical Niagara - and have identified helpful strategies for maintaining and enhancing sexuality after menopause.

Successful dating and partnering over fifty-five can and does happen for both sexes - and not just for the post-graduate cheerleader and football captain.

Thanks to Viagra, mankind now stands at a crossroads: either invest in that teenage erection - or in a broader, richer definition of manhood.

Sexual re-education? Join the new sexual revolution, Brick says, the one that challenges old mores and encourages men and women to explore new ways of being sexual as they age.

Surprise! Older Americans still have sex - whether married or single. And in order to ensure seniors' sexual health is addressed, health care providers and society at large need to become more culturally competent.

From birth to death, we are all sexual beings. We have a hard enough time acknowledging this when it comes to children, but when it comes to aging adults, the silence is deafening.