Sexy Seniors - Sexual Intimacy is Not Just for the Young

No matter how old we get we never outgrow the need for affection. It is good to see that society is finally realizing that senior citizens also still enjoy sexual intimacy, many far into their golden years. What is that saying? Youth is wasted on the young? I bet you could ask most seniors and they would agree that this definitely applies to the subject of sex. A healthy sex life is a wonderful thing and has the proven ability to positively affect both your physical and emotional health.

But aging and sex have their own particular brand of challenges when it comes to the elderly. Your body goes through changes as you age. With women, these changes are mostly tied in with menopause, which brings on the reduction in estrogen levels. Lubrication becomes a problem. But though the advances of medical science, creams and gels have been created, and there is hormone replacement therapy. Now women do not have to give up an enjoyable sex life until they are darned good and ready. With age for men often comes to problem of achieving or maintaining an erection and the time between possible ejaculations. These problems too have had remedies created for them. We've all heard of Viagra, but now there are even safer and saner ways for a man to overcome his physical hurdles and enjoy sexual intimacy with his partner.

The main hurdle for both sexes seems to be psychological. Learning not to be ashamed of your body as it ages is a problem not only seniors face. With the images splashed across our TV and movie screens of youth at its most arrogant and bold, keeping a healthy self image can be challenging for most of us. Viewing those wrinkles, those gray hairs or few extra pounds as a badge of honor, the price paid for living a long life, is a healthy way to view the whole aging process. It is easy to look in the mirror as we age and yearn from the face and body we've always had, but that is self defeatist thinking. Embrace who you are now, for you are beautiful and you should tell yourself that everyday. Intimacy and physical affection are not the bastions of only the young. Not unless we allow it to be.