Ageism and Sexuality

Ageism, Ageism and Sexuality, Blogposts December 7, 2018

Sexuality in later life: further research is needed

Society’s view of sex in late-life remains misinformed and negative, presuming that older people are not sexually active or interested in intimate sexual relationships. However, positive intimate sexual relations are

Ageism, Ageism and Sexuality, Blogposts December 5, 2018

La sexualité des seniors, toujours un sujet tabou ?

Fortes des témoignages recueillis à l’occasion d’une récente conférence, Kim Iker et Margot de Battista, psychologues sociales à la Fondation i2ml – Institut Méditerranéen des Métiers de la Longévité, nous partagent

Ageism, Ageism and Sexuality, Blogposts November 11, 2018

‘I have no intention of hiding’: the 6th week of the #AgeingEqual campaign in a nutshell

Our sixth #AgeingEqual campaigning week decrypted older people’s sexuality: we explored the stereotyping of older people as asexual beings and the impact of this misconception on older people’s health, social inclusion

Ageism, Ageism and Sexuality, Good Practices November 8, 2018

News from the Sex and Intimacy in Later Life UK Campaign Forum: a big society-wide conversation on sex in later life

Much research has identified that older people are excluded from sexual/intimate citizenship. Older people become desexualized by society and its attitudes. They are stereotyped and even ridiculed as asexual. It is

Ageism, Ageism and Sexuality, Testimonies November 8, 2018

‘I have been out as a gay man since the 70s and I have no intention of hiding again’

Ciarán is looking back at the progress made with regard to the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people in Ireland… and reflecting on how these rights are overlooked when

Ageism, Ageism and Sexuality, Good Practices November 8, 2018

Older LGBTQI People: the International Federation on Ageing, Egale Canada and SAGE call to action

Despite the recent shift towards greater recognition of the need for tailored services for older LGBTQI people, and greater sensitization of the issues, this growing population still experience stigma and

Ageism, Ageism and Gender, Ageism and Sexuality, Testimonies November 8, 2018

When your reproductive years are over, sexuality is not!

Anne-Sophie Parent, Secretary General of AGE Platform Europe, refers to a few telling examples that older people’s sexuality is far too often turned into a joke… a joke that sometimes

Ageism, Ageism and Sexuality, Blogposts November 8, 2018

We must respect older people’s varying identities: a message from MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen

Ms. Sirpa Pietikäinen is a Member of the European Parliament committed to defend the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer people (LGBTIQ). She rallies the #AgeingEqual campaign with

Ageism, Ageism and Gender, Ageism and Sexuality, Blogposts November 6, 2018

Do older women have the right to sex?

Using general human rights provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights has on several occasions addressed and promoted (but also sometimes restrained) the human rights

Ageism, Ageism and Sexuality, Blogposts November 6, 2018

Promoting and supporting the sexual rights of older adults

There is a tendency to stereotype older adults as sexless: that they’re not interested in sex, do not catch sexual diseases, and are not at risk of sexual assault. Sharron