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This book provides a comprehensive overview for those interested in research and promoting sexual health in older people, as well as a “go-to” guide on the topic of sexual behaviour in older adults. Sexual activity is an essential part of intimate relationships, though it tends to decline in frequency as people grow older. Nevertheless, for many older people, sex still remains an important part of their life. There’s a common misconception that as people age, they lose their interest in sex and capacity for sexual behaviour. This is not the case, as a number of national surveys show. The new research presented here indicates that the less sex older people have, the more likely they are to experience mental and physical health problems. Men and women who reported a decrease in the frequency of sexual activities were also more likely to report a deterioration in self-perceived health. Additionally, men with erectile dysfunction were also more likely to be diagnosed with cancer or coronary heart disease. This research has also determined that older adults who experience a decline in sexual activity report poorer well-being than those who maintain their levels of sexual desire, activity and function in later life, and that men who remain sexually active in later life continue to have better cognitive performance compared to those who don’t. Despite these health benefits, medical professionals do little to promote sexual activity in older adults, and the literature suggests that there is a lack of knowledge on how to approach the subject and how to promote such activities. This is the first comprehensive book specifically exploring all areas of sexual behaviour and health in older adults, and drawing on the latest research in this area. It offers a valuable resource for researchers and clinicians in various health fields (medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, public health, etc.), as well as students in undergraduate and graduate programs.
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Women --- Sexual behavior
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Prisoners --- Rape --- Sexual behavior
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"Describes variations and deviations in sexual interaction in both humans and animals. The chapter notes that instincts follow an unvarying order. The first to develop are those relating to the preservation of the individual: then appear the ones relating to the preservation of the species; and finally those relating to the preservation of various social groups. The biological intent of the sexual instinct is the preservation of the species; it develops much later than the instinct of self-preservation. It is a secondary instinct. Many of the lower animals which reproduce their kind without copulation have only individualistic instincts. Individualistic instincts are more persistent, and the instinct of reproduction only appears when individualistic instincts are fully completed. Since sexual reproduction is a condition which is indispensable for the propagation of the species, the individualistic instincts must be suppressed in a certain degree in its function. And as social instincts develop, there is bound to be an analogous effect upon the instinct of reproduction. In civilized societies the intellectual element is so preponderating in sexual unions that, according to Starcke, amongst the various ways of desecrating married life, intellectual desecration is the most serious. Still, it must be admitted that a systematization of sexual selection, exclusively based on intellectual and moral qualities, would probably result in annihilation of the species." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).
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Children --- Teenagers --- Sexual behavior
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