In a survey on Weibo titled "Do Your Parents Still Have Sex?", nearly 1,000 young people participated, and 85% of them believed that their parents had long since lost their sex life. However, according to Pan Suiming's "Leaving Historical Evidence for the 'Whole Sex'", 53% of the 55-61-year-olds in China have sex per month, and 39% can reach three times a month. Why are older people generally ashamed to talk about sexuality? Are the sexual needs of the elderly well understood? Let's find out the secret.
The natural barrier between parents and children seems to be an invisible wall. Eighty-five per cent of young people believe that their parents have long since lost their sex life, and many of their parents are still middle-aged. Young people don't know anything about it, and only 15% of them stumble upon a glimpse of the world on the other side.
These young people, who stumble upon a glimpse of the sex life of the elderly, discover a shocking truth: the emotional life of the elderly is far richer than they think. Some people found that their grandfather secretly watched ** movies, some people found that their grandfather had frequent information exchanges with a **, some people heard the grandfather in the next room say "I'm so tired" to my grandmother, and some people saw the uncle who often danced square dances in the alley.
However, in our society, "senile sex" seems to be a forbidden word. According to Pan Suiming's research, although China has entered an aging society, there is little attention and research on the sexual life of the elderly. This also leads to many older people with sexual needs being ashamed to admit their needs and thus suppress themselves.
But the truth is that there are more and more older people who are sexually active. For example, Grandma Yahui and her husband did not start their real sex life until they retired at the age of 63 and continue to do so to this day. Despite the physical inconveniences of the husbands, they still maintain a bi-weekly sex frequency through health management methods such as regular massages.
The sexual needs of the elderly are a topic that cannot be ignored. Changes in the body are inevitable as we age, but the libido does not go away. For some seniors, real sex even begins after retirement. With the progress of social concepts and the intensification of the aging trend, we should pay more attention to the emotional and physical needs of the elderly, so that they can enjoy the beauty of life in their later years.