So Women who are Above 40 Enjoy more Satisfying S*x

As couples approach the middle years, it is believed that their bodies, psychology, hormones, lifestyles and s*xual responses change. This change, many opine could be gradual or subtle but could reduce or increase the spark in their s*x life.

However, a new study says none of these changes interferes with a full s*x life of women. The study claims that women grow increasingly satisfied with their s*x lives after they turn 40.



The study states that s*x has simply become an act or another activity of fun like a game of basketball for women in such older age or 40 above, knowing that they may not be able to get pregnant again when above menopause age.

This, according to the study, removes the ruinous risk or life-changing blessing – procreation – that has accompanied s*x since puberty. Besides, it explains that as partners become older, more experienced and more trusting of each other, they may become less inhibited in their views of what constitutes satisfying s*x.

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“For women in such older age, se* may no longer be a risk-taking adventure because it becomes something that they do ‘now or never,’ hence, it seems only natural to try out new acts, positions and partners, if there is any reason to, and such couples are often forced to find new ways to give each other pleasure,” it states further.

In the research, carried out by Prof. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, who is the chief of epidemiology division in the Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States, a group of women aged between 40 and 100 with a median age of 67, were surveyed.

In the study, published in the American Journal of Medicine, half of the respondents said they were sexually active, and most of the women said they were able to become aroused, maintain lubrication and achieve orgasm during s*x, even after the age of 80.

Furthermore, among the s*xually active women, those who were below age 55 or above 80 were found to report satisfaction with their ability to achieve orgasms. “I was surprised by how many people were completely satisfied over the age of 80,” said Barrett-Connor.

More than any other group, men and women in their 40s considered themselves emotionally and physically satisfied by their lovemaking, and not because they lasted longer in bed or have more energy to go for more rounds, the study revealed.

However, it is noteworthy that in spite of the fact that s*xual activity drops off in older women, it remains a significant part of the lives of many of them.

Still in the course of the study, the researchers mailed a questionnaire that asked very personal questions to 1,303 well-educated group of upper-middle class women, who live a healthy lifestyle, in a suburban California community, out of which 806 responded to the questions about s*x.

Worthy of note is the fact that almost half of the women over age 80 said they were always or almost always s*xually satisfied.

It is understandable that most women who have grown up to their ’40s and above invested some years in romantic myths, involving love, marriage and s*x, thus, some of such women who are now on their own, whether through widowhood, divorce or never having married, may occasionally get lonely, look forward to a good time as often as they look forward to a long-term relationship.

Hence, for such women, a good s*x may be worth looking up to, more so that there is no more monthly cycle that could hamper their enjoyment.

“S*x is important to women’s health. It revs up metabolism and may boost the immune system. Frequent s*xual inter-course is associated with reduced heart attack risk. It can help the vagina stay lubricated, elastic, and healthy. And it is fun,” Shifren advised.