Older Men in Their 50s Satisfied with Sex Lives, Study Finds


By Dave Porter
(AXcess News) Reno, NV - This story caught my eye because I fall
into the study's age group in which researchers found that most men
in their 50s are satisfied with their sex lives compared to those
men in their 30s and 40s.


The study shows that sexual satisfaction does not necessarily
get affected as men age.
Researchers surveyed 1,185 Norwegian men aged between 20 and 79
and asked them about various aspects of their sex life, including
drive, erections and ejaculation. The results were reported in the
science Web site, EurekAlert.
The researchers found that although there was a strong
relationship between a man's advancing age and his declining sex
drive and ability to have an erection and ejaculate, there wasn't
such a strong link between age and overall sexual satisfaction.


The men who responded to the Norwegian postal questionnaire were
asked to rate their satisfaction with various aspects of their sex
life on a scale of zero to four, with four representing good sexual
function and no problems. Men in their twenties recorded an average
overall satisfaction level of 2.79 and the second highest level was
among fifty-somethings who recorded an average of 2.77.

Men in
their 30s only reached 2.55 and men in their forties averaged
2.72.
After the age of 59, overall satisfaction fell significantly to
2.

46 for men in their sixties and 2.14 for men in their
seventies.
However when it came to sexual function, each of the scores
moved steadily downwards toward zero as the respondents got older,
indicating lower levels of function and more problems.
Co-author Professor Sophie D Fossa from the
Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Trust in Oslo, who carried out the
research with colleagues from the University of Oslo, the
University of Bergen and Harvard Medical School in the USA said,
"The results showed a very strong correlation between men getting
older and reduced sexual functioning, but not between age and
sexual satisfaction" she points out.


"Age accounted for a 22 per cent variance in sexual drive, a 33
per cent variance in erection issues and a 23 per cent variance in
ejaculation issues," explained Professor Fossa.
"But age only accounted for a variance of three per cent in
overall satisfaction," she said.
"Our results show that although men experience more problems and
less sexual function as they get older, it doesn't necessarily
follow that they are less satisfied with their sex lives as a
result," concluded Prof. Fossa.



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