Vaginal Dryness, Orgasm Problems, Low Sexual Desire
Vaginal dryness is a problem for women over 60 and a very important women’s sexual health issue. As women age, vaginal dryness often occurs because estrogen levels are low. Masturbation helps to maintain healthy vaginal tissue. While some women will choose not to masturbate, the statement that, "if you don't use it, you lose it," does apply to the drying of the vaginal tissue, when sexual stimulation is infrequent. Masturbation, or self-pleasure, is helpful in avoiding vaginal dryness. Use of water-soluble lubricants can also help counteract vaginal dryness and make sex for seniors easier.
Although most women find sexual intimacy enjoyable regardless of whether or not they achieve orgasm, from youth, men expect to ejaculate every time they are sexual. If men do not ejaculate, they tend to consider the absence of orgasm as a failed sexual attempt. It is important for men, as they age, to put less emphasis on orgasm and to learn to enjoy all of the physical and emotional pleasures of intimate sexual contact, regardless of the final outcome. This will require significant changes in the mind-set of most men, who tend to link orgasms to virility.
While sexual desire is often thought to be a biological urge, for many people it is more of an intellectual openness to being sexual. The more open a person is to exploring different sexual aspects, the more sexual desire a person will feel.
To increase sexual desire, both men and women over 60 must embrace sexual exploration and a renewed enjoyment of sexual experimentation with their partner.
However, just because a person does not think about sex all of the time, or does not initiate sex, does not necessarily mean there is a lack sexual desire. For some people over 60, sexual desire, or sexual hunger, does not become evident until the person is actually in the midst of sexual activity and the body has begun to respond to sexual stimulation.
The Sex Over Sixty DVDs encourage those over 60 to overcome orgasm problems, low sexual desire, and vaginal dryness, through knowledge and play. Loving, passionate sex after 60 is a healthy human experience.
