Even though older people have great sex, they are often excluded from sexual narratives. A new photography campaign is aiming to celebrate and dismantle the stigma of sex-after-a-certain-age. Five older couples were photographed by a world-renowned British photographer for the campaign, called Let’s Talk The Joy of Later Life Sex. By talking about sex and intimacy for people over the age of 60, the campaign aims to challenge the idea that older people can’t and wouldn’t want to have sex.
Two thirds of polled over-65s say sex and intimacy for their age group is rarely or never represented in the media. “In reality, ‘sex and intimacy in later life’ means different things to different people: for some it’s about exploring new and different sexual experiences, and for others it’s simply about feeling able to express emotion through a gentle touch or kiss on the cheek,” a sex therapist involved in the campaign explained. They added that the campaign is trying to open up a societal conversation about the fact that sex and intimacy, in all its forms, “can be as important for older people as it is for anyone else.”
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Check out more about a taboo-breaking photo series about older people having sex: https://mashable.com/article/photos-intimacy-later-life-rankin/
