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Not Your Grandparents' Sexual Activity

Sexual activity in older adults is something of a taboo, rarely discussed and largely ignored by researchers.

But failing to address human sexuality in old age can lead doctors to ask seniors the wrong questions about sex — if they ask at all.

When researchers do look at the issue, they find surprises, as Janie Steckenrider, PhD, has learned. In a new study presented at the 2022 scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Steckenrider, a professor of political science at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, found that previous attempts to qualify the sexual activities of seniors appear to be limited largely to partnered sex — despite the fact that many older people tend to practice 'solo sex,' another term for masturbation.

Source: Medscape