Serene Ambition : Weblog

Featured Blog Posts

Conversations on the Web

Fringe Benefits of Sex

Thursday Feb 11 2010

An article published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine says that frequent sex can lower blood pressure, reduce the risk of some cancers and improve longevity. Researchers reviewed studies of health and sex from the past several decades and revealed the following 10 benefits of sex:[Read More]

Written by eldering at Health

Tagged with: blood_pressure cancer health heart pain sex

A Woman's Perspective: Why Sex is Better as an Elder

Friday Feb 05 2010

By Elizabeth Brown

We’ve already experienced what works and doesn’t work for us regarding sex. And now we know it is about passion, trust and playfulness…[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: elder health love pleasure satisfaction sex soul

7 Reasons Why Elders Make Great Lovers (and have better sex)

Tuesday Feb 02 2010

By Jim Selman | Bio

There is an old joke that says, “Sex after 60 is better than ever, but the mounting and dismounting aren’t so pretty.” If you’re laughing, you know what I’m talking about. If not, you’re still young enough to have something to look forward to. I attended a conference recently featuring Steve Pavlina, the number one blogger on personal development. The topic was about expanding traffic to your blog and one of his ideas was to write about something ‘timeless’, something that lots of people have in common and that breaks the mold of everyone’s expectations. Well, my writing has been about transforming our notions of growing older and to encourage intergenerational dialogue, so what better topic to muse on than SEX.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: aging being conversation development ecstasy elders feeling giving growing intergenerational judgement love lovers older patience pavlina personal present receiving relationships satisfaction sex sexual-satisfaction steve wisdom

N.O.P.E.: National Organization of Pissed Off Elders

Monday Oct 26 2009

By Jim Selman | Bio

I want to create a new organization to stamp out stupidity and indifference and restore common decency and goodwill into society. I think I'll call it the National Organization of Pissed-Off Elders (N.O.P.E.).

What’s pissing us off?

A lot more than just ‘aging’ issues like Social Security, pharmaceuticals and our sex lives.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: aging bureaucrats capitalism common_sense compassion customer_service decency drag_race elders freedom goodwill ideology nope politics power principles scooters sex slogan social_security zoomers

Aging King of Nightlife Sues for Sex

Tuesday Oct 30 2007

Germany's problems with ageism just took a different turn last week. Playboy Rolf Eden has his own perspective on age discrimination. The 77-year-old is suing a 19-year-old woman he dated for refusing to have sex with him on the basis that he was too old for her. [Read More]

Written by eldering at News
Join discussion COMMENTS [0]

Tagged with: ageism discrimination germany sex

Late-Life Libido

Monday Nov 13 2006

Ronni at TGB recently took a whack at being inundated by wrap-around sexually explicit media and how it can negatively stereotype older folks whose libidos are in a state of “natural” decline. I wonder if a declining libido is natural. If we know of examples of late-life lust, then it can’t be natural. It is a choice.[Read More]

Written by Jim Selman at Fearless Aging
Join discussion COMMENTS [0]

Tagged with: ageism culture decline libido loss responsibility sex