HLTH 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Perception, Social Isolation, Ejaculation
24 Oct 2016
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Myths about sex and aging: sex is for the young. Majority remain sexually active until very old. Sex is important for the same reasons physical and emotional pleasure: older people are not able to enjoy sex. Relatively few older people have conditions that preclude sexual activity. Those who do find creative ways to enjoy sexual pleasure: older people are physically unattractive and therefore sexually undesirable. If judged by unrealistic standards of perfection portrayed by the popular media, we are probably all pretty unattractive. Most older people have gained enough emotional maturity and wisdom to understand that our society"s standards of appearance are very superficial. Institutions that provide no opportunity for sex among elders. Social perception of sex among elders as cute, troublesome or disagreeable. Lack of a partner especially for a woman. Loyalty to deceased partner: guilt/ religiosity. Bio-males and females experience hormonal decline during midlife. In either sex, the period fo change is called the climacteric.
