8 Ways Sex Is Better After 50.. Childless At 50.. Near-Death Experience

Friday, September 7, 2012
SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue // By Suzanne Braun Levine

Several recent studies have made the surprising (to them, not to me) discovery that many women over 50 are having good, even great, sex and that some claim they are having the best sex of their lives. One analyzed "sexual activity, desire and satisfaction" in a group of women over 40 (with a median age of 67) and found that the majority of them were satisfied with their sex lives and that the proportion actually increased with age.
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BLOG POSTS
Alan Thicke: Boomerology: Boomer Swagger: Moses and Me
I was disturbed to realize recently that I'm older than Israel... that Moses and I are in the same demographic. He would doubtless appreciate the progress Baby Boomers have made, tweeting those Commandments instead of lugging them up a mountainside.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Six Degrees of Social Security: The President, the Senator and the Billionaire
It's time to untangle the knots and expose the anti-Social Security network to the light. Perhaps the socialist can help Democrats reclaim their party's signature achievements.
Rev. Malcolm Boyd: House of the Returning Son
Years ago I found myself in a bad situation: I'd made bad career decisions, needed the right job, was running dangerously low on cash, and my confidence (or belief in myself) was near an all-time low. So I asked my mother if I could move into her house for a while.
Beth Bernstein: The Item I Buy for Myself
I had earrings that weighed as heavy on my lobes as ill-fated romances on my heart. There were whimsical charms that were fun in the beginning, but, like the rest of these pieces, had about the same endurance as the relationships they represented.
Gary Nelson: Robert's Walk With AIDS (Part 9): You're Alive Until You're Dead
Fevers, an occasional brush with bronchitis, and thrush were common occurrences for Robert over the next few years. Not knowing what was around the corner could be frightful for some, but Robert seemed to take it all in stride.

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