YOUR GUIDE TO MIDLIFE SEX
Jun 09, 2019
5 minutes
Words ©Lola Borg / Telegraph Media Group Ltd 2019 Additional text Donna Chisholm
So. A personal question. How is your sex life, now that you are a grown-up cruising through your midlife? “Well... we hadn’t had sex in ages – two years – for all kinds of reasons. And when we did it felt really... ouchy and a bit weird,” says a 49-year-old lawyer, let’s call her Rachel, who wasn’t untypical of the many women I spoke to.
‘I’m as dry as the Sahara... it was incredibly painful because of that’
‘Ouchy’ sex is a huge deterrent for women going through menopause – I mean, why would you, if it’s not enjoyable? A recent condom commercial for lubricant raised the issue of uncomfortable sex. The ad highlighted women’s natural fluctuations in lubrication and instigated positive debate about the need for women
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