Desexualisation in Later Life: The Limits of Sex and Intimacy

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Desexualisation in Later Life

The Limits of Sex and Intimacy

Edited by: Paul Simpson , Paul Reynolds and Trish Hafford-Letchfield

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2021

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Sex and Intimacy in Later Life

About this book

Despite evidence of a more sexually active ‘third age’, ageing and later life (50+) are still commonly represented as a process of desexualisation. Challenging this assumption and ageist stereotypes, this interdisciplinary volume investigates the experiential and theoretical landscapes of older people’s sexual intimacies, practices and pleasures. Contributors explore the impact of desexualisation in various contexts and across different identities, orientations, relationships and practices. This enlightening text, reflecting international scholarship, considers how we can distinguish the real challenges faced by older people from the prejudices imposed on them.

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Social Sciences Sociology Sociology of Family, Youth, and Aging

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Front Matter
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Contents
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Notes on editors and contributors
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Series editors’ introduction
xiii
Paul Reynolds, Paul Simpson and Trish Hafford-Letchfield

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Foreword
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Ketki Ranade

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Introduction to volume two: themes, issues and chapter synopses
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Paul Simpson, Paul Reynolds and Trish Hafford-Letchfield

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Consent and sexual literacy for older people
17
Paul Reynolds

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‘At YOUR age???!!!’: the constraints of ageist erotophobia on older people’s sexual and intimate relationships
35
Paul Simpson

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The aesthetic(s) of eroticism in later life
53
Ricardo Iacub and Feliciano Villar

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Menopause and the ‘menoboom’: how older women are desexualised by culture
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Clare Anderson

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Ageing, physical disability and desexualisation
95
Susan Gillen and Paul Reynolds

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Ageing, intellectual disability and desexualisation
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Susan Gillen and Paul Reynolds

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Dancing in- or out-of-step? Sexual and intimate relationships among heterosexual couples living with Alzheimer’s disease
135
Linn J. Sandberg

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Older people living in long-term care: no place for old sex?
153
Feliciano Villar and Josep Fabà

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Ageing and the LGBTI+ community: a case study of Australian care policy
171
Jane Youell

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The role of professionals and service providers in supporting sexuality and intimacy in later life: theoretical and practice perspectives
191
Trish Hafford-Letchfield

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Final reflections: themes and issues arising from the volume on desexualisation in later life
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Paul Simpson, Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Paul Reynolds

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Index
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July 19, 2021

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9781447355489

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208

https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447355489

eBook ISBN: 9781447355489

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Desexualisation in Later Life

Overview

About this book

Topics

Table of contents

Front Matter

Contents

Notes on editors and contributors

Series editors’ introduction

Foreword

Introduction to volume two: themes, issues and chapter synopses

Consent and sexual literacy for older people

‘At YOUR age???!!!’: the constraints of ageist erotophobia on older people’s sexual and intimate relationships

The aesthetic(s) of eroticism in later life

Menopause and the ‘menoboom’: how older women are desexualised by culture

Ageing, physical disability and desexualisation

Ageing, intellectual disability and desexualisation

Dancing in- or out-of-step? Sexual and intimate relationships among heterosexual couples living with Alzheimer’s disease

Older people living in long-term care: no place for old sex?

Ageing and the LGBTI+ community: a case study of Australian care policy

The role of professionals and service providers in supporting sexuality and intimacy in later life: theoretical and practice perspectives

Final reflections: themes and issues arising from the volume on desexualisation in later life

Index

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