SEXUALITY IN WOMEN CHANGES WITH AGE

In both men and women, libido is an extremely important factor. Libido varies with age. There are definite highs and lows, which is sometimes described as sexual appetite. Different factors govern this sexual appetite – such as hormonal balances, psychological influences, physiological factors, etc. That is why libido differs from one woman to another. Even for a single woman, there will be definite upswings and downswings throughout her sexually active life.

Female Libido in the Twenties

Twenty is the age when the woman is just out of her pubertal hormonal changes. During this age, the sexual desire is much influenced by the menstrual cycle. It is a myth that all women are libidinous at this age. Their body is still adjusting to the menstrual changes and their correlate, and so there will be ups and downs.

Most changes in a twenty year old woman are directly related to the way she reciprocates to the appearance and shape of her body, i.e. her self-image. She might have a low confidence in herself and some bad experiences with the other sex could also demoralize her. This is the reason many young women resort to sex toys to answer to their cravings.

If women in the twenties do not find proper channels to vent up their sexual frustration, there is a great chance that they can totally lose their sex drive as they grow older. This can also manifest in other problems such as disorders of the menstrual cycle as their age advances.

Female Libido in the Thirties

In the thirties, women are more at home with their own bodies and their sexualities. They have learnt through experiment what will please their bodies more, and learn how to receive those stimulations. Most women in this age group also have married partners and so they have an easy access to answer to their libidos. The fact that they are in stable and permanent relationships helps a great deal.

Women are also now more experienced in attaining their orgasms, and that raises their libidos. Most women in their thirties will also give birth to children, and that will make them know their bodies to the fullest extent. Pregnancy takes their sexual potentials to the highest levels, which is easily indicated by the increased lubrication in the third trimester of pregnancy. However, at this time, it is not safe to have partnered sex. So, most women use sex toys to satisfy their sexual cravings. After the pregnancy, the libido in women is usually at its highest peak.

Female Libido in the Forties

In the forties, the level of sex hormones in women starts declining. But many women would have a final outburst of sexuality in this age. The very fact that they become successful in their lives and careers by their forties helps a great deal for them to become well-aware of their sexuality.

When women are in the forties, they can be called as mature women. These women know fully well what their body needs, and are not ashamed to ask for it. These women have generally a good amount of time to satisfy their cravings too. In this period, some women can get frustrated, because libidos are resurgent from time to time, but their male partners would inadvertently feel that their libido is going down.

Female Libido in the Fifties

The sexual libido of women begins waning as the fifties set in. Menopause begins, and with that women begin to produce fewer hormones. There is less lubrication in the vaginal tract, and so sex becomes a difficult thing to perform. Women get less menstruations and even the vagina loses the elasticity it had in its youth. Not only this, there are some psychological effects that set in, such as depression and a bad overall mental disposition.

Some women may remain as sexually active as they were in their earlier ages, but one thing is undeniable – all women will find sexual contact difficult in this age. Hormone replacement therapies can solve some of these issues, but still sex will not be as it was before.

This is again an age when women could use sex toys, lubricated to the right amounts so as to make sexual encounters pleasurable once again to them.

All these age-related factors for libido notwithstanding, it must be remembered that the real influencing factor is a good camaraderie between the male and the female partner. Couples who have good trust in each other will also have good sexual relationship.