The problem: They aren't practicing safe sex. Patrice Harold, Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecology at Detroit Medical Center's Hutzel Women's Hospital. Here are a few myths busted about senior sex: Myth: They only have one partnerĬhristine Heumann, physician at Detroit Medical Center's Receiving Hospital and medical director at the Detroit Public Health STD Clinic, said people are living longer and having more sexual partners. In fact, 'they will likely have satisfying sex later in life,' she said. 'We don’t have to frame it as this horrible thing.'ĭavis, SaferSex4Seniors developer, said it's a myth that men and women lose sexual interest with age.
'People look at disability and age as a problem, ' sexuality educator Melanie Davis said.
Grandma and grandpa are getting it on, and we need to get over it.