Older Folks Like to Fuck
It is not unusual for people with health factors to dismiss them when it comes to sex. This is just one of the many (faulty) reasons people used to dismiss older adults from being part of sexual culture. In reality, there are plenty of elders out there who love to get it on and have no intentions of stopping. Yet, for some odd reason, our culture seems to have put an age restriction on enjoying and seeking sex. As a result,older folks aren't getting the sexual health and education support they need. The barriers to older folks having sex are largely antiquated stigma that needs to be forgotten. Hopefully, initiatives such as age, sex, and YOU will help break that stigma down.
No Respect?
Now, it is easy to see that disrespecting older folks and their sexual desire is a clear sign of lack of respect for sexual autonomy. However, older people aren't the only ones who deal with this sort of situation. Could it be that sex culture, at large, is generally suffering from a lack of respect among all of its participants? Take a read of the opinion piece and sound off on whether you think sex has become a bad Rodney Dangerfield punchline.
Women Know This
Of course, if you're going to consider sex lacking respect, I would imagine that every woman out there is giving this column a strong "Well, duh" look. As they should! The lack of respect and shitty treatment women continue to endure in all aspects related to sex remains one of the greatest failings of our culture. Rarely, throughout history, have women been afforded even basic consideration, understanding, and compassion when it comes to sex. Instead, they've been ignored, demonized, controlled, manipulated, and abused. Andthis starts from a very base level of denying or misconstruing some fundamental aspects of sex that are kept from girls and women. This must change.
