Menopause and Sex
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Is most of the common perception of the ‘pathology’ of menopause folklore at best?
While it is true that the capacity to reproduce ends at the menopause, and that vaginal lubrication can decrease, the researchers say that “women’s sexual arousal or orgasm capacity actually increases”.
In 2006 an American study on sexual activity and function in middle-aged and older women reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology on the experiences of sexual activity, frequency, satisfaction and dysfunction of a diverse group of just over 2,000 women aged between 40 and 69. Their average age was 55 years and 10 months and nearly three quarters of them were sexually active.