It’s a simple fact: sex changes as we age. When we’re young we have tons of energy but no experience. Once we’re older we gain that experience, but trade off the ‘rabbit response’ (well some of us do) :-) . But there’s a lot more to it than just that.

Many things affect us as we age, both physical and psychological. Hormonal changes can alter our levels of sexual desire over various stages of life. Testosterone production can decrease with various health conditions as well as being the side effect of many heart and blood pressure medications. In these cases it’s not the age that matters, but the hormone testosterone that needs to be replenished. Replace the testosterone, and many men see reinforced sex drive and penile performance.

Your energy levels also change over time. When you are a teenager with ‘raging hormones’ you experience sex at different energy levels than what you experience in your mid fifties. Although the style of sex may change, as well it probably should if just for safety reasons, the quality can even increase as we better learn our bodies responses (and those of our partners).

Not only do our bodies change over time, but a lifetime of experiences can change what sex means to us over time, and at various stages in our lives. It’s natural to feel changes to how we view sex, and what we get out of it. But while some things change, others remain steady. Our family and friends, who helped mold us as we grew, helped seed many values and beliefs that we
carry through adulthood into our elder years.

Looking into the past, today’s seniors and even our later-middle-age group grew up in different times than we all currently live in. The differences between those days and modern times are simply huge. Values, beliefs, and social attitudes have drastically changed, and so have many of our attitudes towards sex and sexuality.

For example, women who grew up pre-1950 are totally familiar with the effects of sexual discrimination. Where some of these women made it through the social barriers, there were still professional and even legal barriers that discriminated against them.

These early experiences had a lasting impact on how this generation viewed sex, what they got out of sex, and even what they used sex for. Younger generations have grown up with a different set of messages, and will definitely affect their attitudes towards sex differently as they age.

Basically, there are more than just physical changes that affect sex as we age. The social and psychological influences in our lives also affect the quality of sex as we age, as do our relationships. Marriages and committed relationships also change our outlook on sex. The good news is that we are programmed to keep performing well into our later years, if at a slower rate than before. The secret is in keeping healthy and active.

Use if or lose it – sexual maintenance

It’s the same with sex as it is with anything else, if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it. The big key to maintaining your sexual performance is just like physical fitness of any other kind, repeat your performance regularly, and your body responds by keeping you fit for the task. So the best way to maintain your sexual capacity as you age is to just keep having sex!

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