‘We’re over 50 and having the best sex of our lives’

Despite the taboo, older people should be encouraged to explore sexuality well into later life. Baby Boomers grew up in an era of sexual liberation, after all.

Linda Kelsey

Aug 18, 2022 – 7.19am

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″We were sitting on a park bench and making out. I was in my 60s at the time. A young man of about 20 rode by on his bicycle and screamed ‘Gross!’”

Fortunately, both Francine Russo, who describes this incident, and the chap she was dating had a sense of humour and the two of them cracked up with laughter. It’s a pertinent illustration, though, of attitudes to “oldie sex”. If young people don’t like the idea of their parents having sex, the thought of their grandparents engaging in sexual frolics is, frankly, disgusting.

The Telegraph London