Marital and sexual conflicts in elderly Korean people.
There have been very few reports on sexual conflicts involving elderly married couples. Irrespective of their age, most married people expect to have sex. This is the reason behind the frustration of sexually energetic people with spouses who dislike having sex. In this qualitative study on a small sample of elderly married Korean people, men were found to be sexually frustrated while their wives reported marital dissatisfaction. The men persistently asked for sex with the belief that consistency of active sexual expression is important in keeping their masculinity. Although they eventually have sex with their wives, the men were found to remain sexually frustrated for over several days because of their wives' initial disregard of their sexual advances. This disregard was mainly due to the husbands' involvement in extramarital sexual affairs.
Department of Psychology, Chonnam National University, Yongbong, Gwangju 500-757, Korea. ghyoun@chonnam.ac.kr
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D000368:Aged; D003075:Coitus / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires