DALLAS: Many surveys prove this to be false. In one study, 74 per cent of women and 72 per cent of men aged between 75 and 85 said that satisfactory sex is essential to maintaining a relationship.
When there is a partner available it is safe to assume that people are having sex. When we desexualize older couples by calling them cute, this might be disrespectful and can result in harm, such as neglecting to educate older people about sexually transmitted diseases and failing to make privacy possible in nursing homes…