We Asked Women How They Feel About Casual Sex

All those impulses and desires, for physical touch, for sex, for companionship, they're all the same. Research shows many women in their 60s, 70s and 80s have more time for sex than ever before. Credit:Getty images It's not this high-octane compulsion that it used to be, but it's not that it's not there. Maybe it's morphed into something a bit more subtle. She sees the myth about women losing their sexuality over the years as part of the invisibility that older women so often suffer. New insight into a typically taboo subject has found that many women in their 60s, 70s and 80s have more, not less, sexual desire, know more about what they want in bed and are more confident about letting their partners know. Free from the exhaustion and constant interruptions of early family life, and past the looming fear of unwanted pregnancies, many women are newly enthusiastic about their sexual desires and have a far broader idea of what a happy and satisfying sex life might involve. As the women who led the sexual revolution of the s and 70s hit older age, it seems many of them are once again tearing up social conventions and redefining what sexual desire means to them. Dr Bianca Fileborn, of La Trobe University's Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Societysays far from women's level of sexual desire gradually fading away over time, many women's appetite for sex and intimacy increases in later years and that this is driven by factors other than ageing.

Is It Right for You? Depending arrange the context, casual sex may be celebrated, relished, derided, envied, or stigmatized. Some people consider the activity all the rage a serious way, evaluating all the possible ramifications emotionally and physically all along with the potential benefits and drawbacks when thinking about having casual femininity. Others take the idea of accidental sex, well, a bit more carelessly. That said, many people have beefy opinions about whether or not it's a good idea, although these attitudes tend to shift as life circumstances—and relationship statuses —change.