Yes the results are not surprising. But I wonder if part of the problem here - at least for the unmarried older straight females - is the lack of male partners (that callous joke about how "the men are going to die so all those put-upon married women won't have to have sex that much longer" didn't make me laugh very much) combined with the fact that we are competing with younger women (who many of those horny older guys are going to want to marry instead of us.) If you want to have sex with men, there just aren't that many around...
Or the fact that although there are a lot of negative stereotypes about older folks of both genders wanting sex, those stereotypes are generally more negative for women. Aren't we supposed to lose interest? We're not sexy anymore, so why should we want sex? I was pretty unhappy to begin with this evening - for reasons not related to my sex life. This doesn't help. I'll have a nice evening in the pit of despair. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij <[email protected]> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Palij <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 6:21 pm Subject: [tips] I Am Shocked! SHOCKED!!! The headline from this article in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution ays it all: ttp://www.ajc.com/news/researchers-men-want-sex-361309.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746 or a somewhat "straighter" treatment of the research study, ime.com has this story: ttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1970975,00.html?xid=rss-fullhealthsci-yahoo nd ticklers, er, sticklers for original sources, here is a link to the rticle in the British Medical Jorunal: ttp://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/340/mar09_2/c810 Surprisingly, the conclusion of the article is quite limited: |Conclusion Sexual activity, good quality sexual life, and interest in sex were higher for men than for women and this gender gap widened with age. Sexual activity, quality of sexual life, and interest in sex were positively associated with health in middle age and later life. Sexually active life expectancy was longer for men, but men lost more years of sexually active life as a result of poor health than women. I remember a routine that Lenny Bruce used to do about guys re-occupation with sex which I think kinda foreshadowed this esult. It can be found in "The Essential Lenny Bruce"; see: ttp://books.google.com/books?cd=1&id=E3ZcAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22the+essential+lenny+bruce%22&q=chicken#search_anchor r a library near you: ttp://www.worldcat.org/title/essential-lenny-bruce/oclc/2175600 -Mike Palij ew York University [email protected] --- ou are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. o unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878&n=T&l=tips&o=1194 r send a blank email to leave-1194-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1196 or send a blank email to leave-1196-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
