Sexuality/Relationships/Equality
It May Surprise You But Old People Have Sex
Does your grandma need a safe word?
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5 min readAug 22, 2020
When I was 32-years-old, my mother re-married after nearly thirty years as a widow. The night they were married, I suddenly sat straight up in bed and said to my wife, “Oh my god! Do you think they’re doing it?”
Most adolescents have a similar reaction when they think that about their parents having sex. Without a father, that thought — like many others — didn’t enter my brain until I was much older.
Many, if not most of us, have some difficulty imagining that old people have sex. I’m 77-years old now, and I can testify to the fact that we do.
Stereotypes of old people and sex
Several stereotypes persist about old people and sex:
- We are not sexually active.
- We have little interest in sex.
- We are physically incapable of sex.
- We aren’t attractive enough to find a sex partner
- Old men and women who engage in perfectly normal sex are nothing but creepy old men and crazy old women.
