Sexual needs and desires knows no age limit, and the generation that brought us tales of the first sexual revolution are at it again. Thanks to the power of the Internet, seniors, a demographic I’ll range from 50 on up, are moving their sexual educational needs online. As the generation who thrived on it’s libido begins to lose sexual steam decides to take measures to use it and not lose it.
Wired’s article Seniors Go Online to Get it On examines the measures seniors are taking to ensure their sexual desires and needs are met, a fear that they could lose something quite precious to them.
Seniors are turning to the internet to research how medical conditions and prescription drugs affect their sex lives, and some are beginning to speak up to doctors and other caregivers when their sexuality is dismissed. (According to a 2006 Pew survey last updated in December, 33 percent of Americans 65 and older and 70 percent between 50 and 64 use the internet.) - Wired, Seniors Go Online to Get it On
Ok. Seniors may be looking at their second sexual revolution a bit differently than their first, fears of poor or lacking sexual performances. Physical conditions, the curse time puts on everyone, is hindering their wants, but by utilizing the internet they have been able to find new Love, answer tough medical questions and learning ways to re-instate their sexual drive.
It is often stated and well accepted that the stage of puberty is quite uncomfortable, and even horrific for some. What we do not hear enough about is this second coming of sexual age. It is clear that it is a difficult time in a persons life, dealing with an array of issues from the mundane to the complex. Communities such as SeniorCoffee.com are surfacing simply because there is a need for seniors to interact outside their direct group of friends. They are seeing the benefits outside of direct, physical social contact, something young adults have whole heartedly embraced.
Like all sexual encounters, the consequences are quite great, something seniors are not immune to, but may ignore or brush off because of their age.
All this sexual revelation does have a dark side. Seniors are learning the hard way that they are no more immune to the consequences of irresponsible sex than their kids and grandkids (and great-grandkids). - Wired, Seniors Go Online to Get it On
Many seniors don’t realize STDs are prevalent in their population. Yet an AIDS Community Research Initiative of America study found that 30 percent of New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS were over 50 in 2005. New cases of HIV have been diagnosed in people in their 80s. - Wired, Seniors Go Online to Get it On
As seniors are discovering that there is time for another sexual revolution, that they still can enjoy the pleasures that young people take for granted, they are also are being re-taught the responsibilities that go along side a healthy relationship. Not through fear tactics, but from support groups such as their online communities, friends and their doctors.
Thinking through all of this makes one wonder what networks will exist as the current generations reach their senior years. Who will be the Facebook of 2040? Maybe a better question would be, what will be the Facebook of 2040?
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