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Response paper 7-B
Sex is great. From the sounds of these two articles sex gets even better after 50.
Which is very interesting. Most people would think as you get older your sex life would
deteriate, which is for one what I thought but matter a factly that is wrong. These two
articles describe sex as something that gets better with time. I was one that thought after
you’re in and out of your fifties that sex really wasn’t a thing anymore and that really
disappointed me, these articles really changed my perspective on that and gave me hope
per say.
Now yes sex is healthy and quite good for your body as learned in class, but as
you get older I’m sure it could actually help more than when you were younger. By
raising heart rate and getting you active. But with age comes other problems, such as;
diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, high blood pressure, arthritis, depression, and
others. These diseases are bad enough, but the medication to treat them often brings a
number of side effects that adversely effect having sex. On top of that sex drive and
arousal often become an issue. The drive for sex isn’t completely gone but it diminishes,
and arousal can be difficult for both parties. For men getting an erection can be difficult
and for women thinning of vaginal walls and lack of lubrication can make sex hard and
painful for both. And on top of all those negative things is also the way our culture looks
at sex after 50, its seen as nasty and unattractive. Which is crap.
Good news, sex after 50 is also connected to relationship heath. So I guess
sex=happiness in a sense. I my self plan to continue to have sex as long as I can. Rather it
be my health or my partners health I think that continuing to have sex and do something
that bring pleasure to the body is a great thing and can help with a number of health
problems along with keeping the body and the mind young per say. Its very sad that as
