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Sex in later life12 May 2004
Do our expectations change as we get older?

How does sex change in later life? Does our sexualised society create pressure to keep up the bedroom gymnastics? What if you just don't feel like it anymore - is retiring gracefully frowned upon? 

Dr Sarah Brewer author of a new book from Age Concern, Living and Loving in Later Life, Katherine Whitehorn, agony aunt at Saga magazine and journalist, Marcelle D'Argy Smith join Jenni to discuss whether our sexual expectations change as we grow older and why we are so reluctant to discuss intimacy in later life.

Intimate Relations: Living and Loving in Later Life, Age Concern Books, ISBN0862423848

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