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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Casual Sex for Older Women—Is It OK?

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Monday, February 20, 2023

Ask Joan: How To Have Sex Besides Intercourse

…table — it’s that your husband counts only this one sexual activity as “sex.” He refuses to explore the many other ways to pleasure each other sexually. He’s unwilling to…

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

A New Love in Older Age: Should You Be Tested? How About Condoms?

…partners. That puts you in bed with a lot of people whose sexual-health status is unknown. My safer sex advice is this: Agree that using barrier protection is smart sex…

Monday, May 16, 2022

Ask Joan: Ending The Seven Year…Drought

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Monday, May 20, 2019

Ask Joan: Painful sex

…for 35 years. I no longer desire to have sexual intercourse. I had a hysterectomy by age 40 and had radiation treatments to my cervix to treat dysplasia in my…

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Sexual Healing: Getting Back Into Dating After a Loss

…explicit invitation, here are some ways to start letting someone know that you’re sexually interested: Signal with your body that you’re interested: lean in toward him when you’re talking, hold…

Monday, July 15, 2019

Ask Joan: Where to start?

sexual activity 30 years ago was with my husband, and it was just okay. I rarely had orgasms. Maybe that is how I was able to turn off those feelings…

Monday, July 20, 2020

Ask Joan: Easier Orgasms

…(Learn more from Sex After Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality After Losing Your Beloved.) Be patient if you’re just getting back to sexual activity after a decade. Your body and brain…

Monday, December 18, 2023

Ask Joan: What To Do When Your Wife Says No

…back, but that’s not going to happen. Any advice? — Sexless and Sad Husband Joan responds: I hear from many people with a similar background who are now experiencing sexual

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Ask Joan: Conflicted Widower

…emotional and sexual release—all normal. It’s also normal that you’re conflicted and reluctant. Would you be trying to “replace” your wife if you started a sexual relationship with someone new?…

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Painful Sex: Where to Go for Help

…have not been trained to diagnose sexual pain. However, sexual pain specialists have been trained to do exactly this. It is absolutely essential that we learn to say to our…

Monday, March 3, 2014

Challenges to Intimacy: Iris Krasnow on Sex After 60, 70, 80

…for both the sexual chemistry and the emotional commitment. One of the experts you quote, Dr. Melanie Davis, co-president of the Sexuality and Aging Consortium, says, “A pervasive myth is…

Monday, December 21, 2020

Ask Joan: Surprised Widow

…your sexual being. I hope you’ll read my award-winning book, Sex After Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality After Losing Your Beloved, about understanding and accepting your ambivalent sexual feelings and figuring…

Monday, April 18, 2022

Ask Joan: Wishing Intimacy, Wife Says No

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Monday, March 21, 2022

Ask Joan: A Widow’s Needs

…to be sexual immediately for stress release, a hunger for touch, and the yearning to reclaim joy. Most are somewhere in between, coming to sexual need on their own timeline….