Desexualisation in Later Life
The Limits of Sex and Intimacy
1st Edition
Published on 19. July 2021
208 pages
978-1-4473-5548-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-5548-9 (9781447355489)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447355489
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The Limits of Sex and Intimacy
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The Limits of Sex and Intimacy
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Persons
Paul Simpson has lectured at several northwest universities, including the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester, and is currently an independent academic.
Paul Reynolds is Associate Lecturer at The Open University.
Trish Hafford-Letchfield is Professor of Social Work at the University of Strathclyde.
Paul Reynolds is Associate Lecturer at The Open University.
Trish Hafford-Letchfield is Professor of Social Work at the University of Strathclyde.
Content
Series Editor Introduction - Paul Simpson, Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Paul Reynolds
Foreword - Ketki Ranade
1. Introduction to the Volume: Themes, Issues and Chapter Synopses - Paul Simpson, Paul Reynolds and Trish Hafford-Letchfield
2. Consent and Sexual Literacy for Older People - Paul Reynolds
3. 'At YOUR Age???!!!': the Constraints of Ageist Erotophobia on Older People's Sexual and Intimate Relationships - Paul Simpson
4. The Aesthetic(s) of the Eroticism in Old Age - Ricardo Iacub and Feliciano Villar
5. Menopause and the 'Menoboom': How Older Women are Desexualised by Culture - Clare Anderson.
6. Ageing, Physical Disability and Desexualisation - Susan Gillen and Paul Reynolds.
7. Ageing, Intellectual Disability and Desexualisation - Susan Gillen and Paul Reynolds
8. Dancing in- or out-of-step? Sexual and Intimate Relationships among Heterosexual Couples Living with Alzheimer's Disease - Linn J. Sandberg.
9. Older People Living in Long-term Care: No Place for Old Sex? - Feliciano Villar and Josep Faba
10. Ageing and the LGBTI+ Community: a Case Study of Australian Care Policy - Jane Youell
11. The role of professionals and service providers in supporting sexuality and intimacy in later life: theoretical and practice perspectives - Trish Hafford-Letchfield
12. Final reflections: themes and issues arising from the volume on desexualisation in later life- Paul Simpson, Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Paul Reynolds
Foreword - Ketki Ranade
1. Introduction to the Volume: Themes, Issues and Chapter Synopses - Paul Simpson, Paul Reynolds and Trish Hafford-Letchfield
2. Consent and Sexual Literacy for Older People - Paul Reynolds
3. 'At YOUR Age???!!!': the Constraints of Ageist Erotophobia on Older People's Sexual and Intimate Relationships - Paul Simpson
4. The Aesthetic(s) of the Eroticism in Old Age - Ricardo Iacub and Feliciano Villar
5. Menopause and the 'Menoboom': How Older Women are Desexualised by Culture - Clare Anderson.
6. Ageing, Physical Disability and Desexualisation - Susan Gillen and Paul Reynolds.
7. Ageing, Intellectual Disability and Desexualisation - Susan Gillen and Paul Reynolds
8. Dancing in- or out-of-step? Sexual and Intimate Relationships among Heterosexual Couples Living with Alzheimer's Disease - Linn J. Sandberg.
9. Older People Living in Long-term Care: No Place for Old Sex? - Feliciano Villar and Josep Faba
10. Ageing and the LGBTI+ Community: a Case Study of Australian Care Policy - Jane Youell
11. The role of professionals and service providers in supporting sexuality and intimacy in later life: theoretical and practice perspectives - Trish Hafford-Letchfield
12. Final reflections: themes and issues arising from the volume on desexualisation in later life- Paul Simpson, Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Paul Reynolds
