The Role of Ageist Sexual Stereotypes in the Network of Sexual Difficulties, Sex and Relationship Satisfaction Among Adults Aged 50+

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Authors

GOCIEKOVÁ Veronika STAŠEK Andrea ŠEVČÍKOVÁ Anna GORE-GORSZEWSKA Gabriela

Year of publication 2024
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source The Journal of Sex Research
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Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web article - open access
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2307441
Keywords later-life sexuality; ageing; stereotypes; sexual health; network analysis
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Description As people age, their sexual activity, including sexual and relationship satisfaction, may change due to the onset of health and sexual difficulties and the activation of internalized ageist sexual stereotypes. We studied whether ageist sexual stereotypes were relevant for the importance of sex for people aged 50+ and how sexual and relationship satisfaction are interlinked with health and sexual difficulties when ageist sexual stereotypes are considered. Data for the network analysis were collected from a sample of 897 Czechs and Slovaks aged 50–96 (52% men, mean age?=?62.01). Two models were analyzed – with and without the inclusion of ageist sexual stereotypes. The findings indicated that ageist sexual stereotypes play an important role in the sexuality of women and men aged 50?+?.The fewer ageist sexual stereotypes people had, the less sexual difficulties they reported and the more they perceived sex as important. The inclusion of stereotypes into the models, however, weakened the negative link between sexual difficulties and the importance of sex for both women and men. These findings show that the effect of ageist sexual stereotypes are likely complex in the sexual lives of people aged 50?+.
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