Female sexuality after 40

Sexual medicine is aimed at improving the quality of life of women, men and couples. Several disciplines are involved such as psychology, psychotherapy and sexual therapy.

Female sexuality has many components at different levels.

- Physiological: the level of hormones, climacteric, contraceptives, etc.

- Psychological: how does each woman experience her sexual being as a person and as a couple?

- Interpersonal relationships: they directly affect sexual quality, if the couple is unwell, lacks communication, is experiencing a crisis or is in the midst of falling in love.

- Education: it could have been emasculating or more liberal.

- Sexual history: positive or frustrating experiences in the past affect today.

- Socio-cultural: what is expected from female sexual life? At 30, 50 or 70 it is different.

In the case of men sexual response is more primitive: desire, excitement, orgasm. When faced with a stimulus, it is activated quickly, and if there is an erection, it wants to have sexual relations.

We are sexual beings and we have to be able to exercise our sexuality in a healthy and satisfactory way at all stages of life.

Added to this is that there is a pharmacological solution to sexual dysfunctions; Viagra came to empower man. In the case of women it is different they are more evolved. In women, sexuality is experiential, more contextual. Woman is activated depending on how special she feels towards the other, the level of intimacy, understanding, comprehension and tenderness. It depends on her psychological structure.

Menopause, myths and symptoms

Menopause occurs between 45 and 55 years of age, then the climacteric and finally the post-menopause stage. This causes physical, physiological and psychological changes that are natural but depends on how each woman experiences it. In some cases with freedom and they manage to move forward, in others it is more traumatic and they regress.

There are several myths: with menopause sexual life ends; It is accompanied by depression; there is no safe treatment, etc., but they are not true. Melancholy and discouragement can appear with menopause but there are treatments that can help you go through this process in a positive way.

In the medium term come symptoms that impair sexual functioning: vaginal atrophy, vulvar atrophy and urethral atrophy. Decreases the size and activity of these organs. The flora is altered and infections may arise. Estrogens drop and lubrication decreases, which can cause pain, wounds and infections. Vaginal health is defined as the vagina maintaining adequate physiological functions at each age of the woman. A vagina that when penetrated does not cause pain, that does not burn, that does not irritate and does not cause pain and that allows satisfactory sexual function. All of this is treated medically, in vaginal health treatments, with excellent results.

Characteristics that maintain the balance of sexuality:

• Feel healthy or at least your body doesn't bother you.

• Have sexual expectations.

• Be 2, and be able to create quality intimacy.

• Know how to optimize the sexual cycle according to the conditions it presents.

• Good communication.

• Know what you like.

 

Caracteristics of good sexuality in adulthood:

• Good mental health.

• Cognitive flexibility.

• Accept body changes.

• Romantic couple.

• Good communication with your partner.

• Autonomy with respect to your partner.

• Good quality sexual life as a young person.

• Positive attitude towards sexuality.

• Awareness of the benefits of having sexual encounters and enjoying them.

 

Spontaneity should not be expected; you have to create the moment. Love is the most important natural aphrodisiac followed by the time shared and seduction.

Sharing time is essential for the couple; You have to dedicate time to eroticism. Spontaneity should not be expected; you have to create the moment. Begin seduction in the morning for the night and do not leave aside emotional demostrations since sexuality is not just genitality.

Sexuality is going to be a mirror of the couple. It will unite and strengthen but if it declines it will separate the couple.

 

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