Myths About Sex & Pregnancy by Aaron Carroll MD

Author:Aaron Carroll, MD
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

MYTH, HALF-TRUTH, OR OUTRIGHT LIE?

Women lose interest in sex after menopause

According to “The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States,” about 69 percent of women in their forties and 48 percent of women in their fifties have sex at least a few times per month. Only 30 percent of women in their fifties report not having sex in the last year. A 2004 article in Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society highlights all the variables that may be attributed to a woman’s decrease in sexual desire: age, quality and length of sexual relationship(s), physical health (including menopause status), sexual experience, and mental health/personality. Some studies have found that menopause actually has an indirect effect on female sexual desire. While menopause symptoms can certainly affect well-being, which affects how one responds sexually, which affects how often one has sex, it’s not really a direct link, so this one is a half-truth.

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