title: Sexuality in older Spanish women: voices and reflections.
abstract: Our research has been aimed at understanding the experience, practice, and sexual life in a group of Spanish women over 50 years of age. We studied a sample of 729 women between 50 and 80 years old. Our results provide qualitative and quantitative information and important insights about the sexual life of Spanish women and identify differences in the experience and reality of sexual life after the age of 70. The status of having or lacking a partner, and a personal interest in emotional relationships and sexual practices, are elements that determine the possibility of enjoying a satisfying postmenopausal sexuality.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Córdoba (Spain) , Córdoba , Spain.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Freixas
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Luque
authors.forename: Amalia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reina
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D019529:Sexuality; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: aging; feminist research; older women; sexuality