Les transformations de la vie sexuelle après cinquante ans : un vieillissement genré

In the past few decades, many changes have affected sexuality in the French society, notably among the elderly. Comparisons between surveys on sexual behavior carried out in 1970 and 2006 show that sexual activity after 50 has intensified and diversified over time and that differences in sexual atti...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Bajos, Michel Bozon
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Language:fra
Published: Genre, Sexualité et Société 2011-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/gss/2165
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description In the past few decades, many changes have affected sexuality in the French society, notably among the elderly. Comparisons between surveys on sexual behavior carried out in 1970 and 2006 show that sexual activity after 50 has intensified and diversified over time and that differences in sexual attitudes and experiences of women and men have eroded. Yet a trend towards an earlier withdrawal of interest in sexuality is still experienced by women as soon as 50, when they leave the reproductive phase of their life, while men manifest a drop in interest for sex only ten years later, when they retire from work.
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spelling doaj-art-6cdd358b11d14ea1b62e9bd812bba65e2025-01-09T13:07:00ZfraGenre, Sexualité et SociétéGenre, Sexualité et Société2104-37362011-12-01610.4000/gss.2165Les transformations de la vie sexuelle après cinquante ans : un vieillissement genréNathalie BajosMichel BozonIn the past few decades, many changes have affected sexuality in the French society, notably among the elderly. Comparisons between surveys on sexual behavior carried out in 1970 and 2006 show that sexual activity after 50 has intensified and diversified over time and that differences in sexual attitudes and experiences of women and men have eroded. Yet a trend towards an earlier withdrawal of interest in sexuality is still experienced by women as soon as 50, when they leave the reproductive phase of their life, while men manifest a drop in interest for sex only ten years later, when they retire from work.https://journals.openedition.org/gss/2165gendersexualitysurveysaging
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Les transformations de la vie sexuelle après cinquante ans : un vieillissement genré
Genre, Sexualité et Société
gender
sexuality
surveys
aging
title Les transformations de la vie sexuelle après cinquante ans : un vieillissement genré
title_full Les transformations de la vie sexuelle après cinquante ans : un vieillissement genré
title_fullStr Les transformations de la vie sexuelle après cinquante ans : un vieillissement genré
title_full_unstemmed Les transformations de la vie sexuelle après cinquante ans : un vieillissement genré
title_short Les transformations de la vie sexuelle après cinquante ans : un vieillissement genré
title_sort les transformations de la vie sexuelle apres cinquante ans un vieillissement genre
topic gender
sexuality
surveys
aging
url https://journals.openedition.org/gss/2165
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