70-Year-Olds Still Get It On, Reports Says
An ongoing Swedish study has shown that 70-year-olds are more likely now to have sex -- and women to have orgasms -- than in any decade since the 1970s. Sixty-eight percent of married men and 56% of married women reported having sex after turning 70, an increase of about 15% in both cases.
An ongoing Swedish study has shown that 70-year-olds are more likely now to have sex — and women to have orgasms — than in any decade since the 1970s. Sixty-eight percent of married men and 56% of married women reported having sex after turning 70, an increase of about 15% in both cases.
Wait, before you go…The BBC:
More couples over 70 are having sex — and finding it satisfying — than in previous generations, a British Medical Journal survey suggests.
Swedish researchers asked 1,500 older people across a 30-year period about their sex lives.
The number of people saying they had sex increased — as did the number of women reporting having orgasms.
A UK expert said the older people of today grew up in more sexually liberated eras.
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