Why does the quality of sex improve as you get older?
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Sex has a big impact on the human body, and various changes occur in the body during sex, and it is known that it has several positive effects on the human body, such as improving the body's immune function and reducing migraines. Research has revealed that the quality of sex improves as we age.
Sexual Quality of Life and Aging: A Prospective Study of a Nationally Representative Sample. - PubMed - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27798838
Why sex gets better in older age
https://theconversation.com/why-sex-gets-better-in-older-age-69837
As we age, we become more skilled at our jobs, better able to manage our finances, and better connected to our loved ones. While we improve our business and personal skills over time, past research has shown that the quality of our sex lives tends to worsen with age.
Some people think that 'sex is the exclusive domain of young people,' but in fact, many people continue to explore sexuality even in old age , and there is data that shows that the majority of men and women over 60 in the United States are sexually active, having sex two to three times a month. In addition, the figure of two to three times a month for those over 60 is more than most young people . In addition, it seems that older people rate sex as an important part of life.
If the frequency of sexual intercourse is not low, what is causing the quality of sex life to deteriorate in older people? It is clear that this can be explained by the decline in physical health and sexual function that comes with aging. However, the quality of sex life may not actually be declining, writes The Conversation, an overseas media outlet.
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Research on sex and aging tends to overlook the important factor of 'change over time.' It is inevitable that people born in the 1930s and those born after the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s will have very different views on sex life, and it is a mistake to compare people with such different backgrounds on the same scale, The Conversation points out.
To help understand how aging affects the quality of one's sex life, a study has been conducted over 18 years following more than 6,000 subjects aged 20 to 93. In the study, subjects were surveyed three times in 1995, 2004, and 2013, and asked to rate their own sexuality on an 11-point scale from 0 to 10.
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When analyzing without taking other factors into account, the data showed that the quality of the subjects' sex lives declined with age, but the study found that participants began to prioritize quality over quantity as they got older. For example, the number of sexual encounters became less important as people got older, but the amount of thought and effort they put into sex became more important.
Age-related changes in sex priorities are an important predictor of the quality of sex life in older adults and appear to mitigate the decline in sex life quality. In addition, when comparing key sex life characteristics across age groups, along with sociodemographic characteristics and mental and physical health, it is clear that older adults have better sex life quality. For example, if a man in his 40s and a man in his 50s are compared, both of whom are gay and put the same amount of thought and effort into their sex life, and have had the same frequency of sex and number of sexual partners in the past year, it is expected that the man in his 50s will report a 'higher quality of sex life.'
In other words, the study found that learning about one's own sexual preferences and those of one's partner over time improves sexuality in the same way that job skills or financial management skills improve with age.
By Ryan Holloway
Taken together, these findings suggest that sexual priorities change with age, and that people develop knowledge, skills, and sexual preferences to protect against the age-related decline in sex life quality. Because wisdom refers to 'having quality experience, knowledge, and good judgment,' the researchers write, these findings may be interpreted as 'accumulating sexual wisdom through life experiences.'
This conclusion is great for everyone, as a satisfying sex life has been shown to be an important factor in health and happiness at any age.
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