From: sienna@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Sex IV Date: Mon Aug 22 13:00:26 1994 Here I am again...posting obnoxious things on sex.... For those who missed the first three...these exerpts are from a book by Jan King called "Hormones From Hell" Today's Topic: SEX AFTER 40 Myth: Sex gets BETTER after 40. Maybe for Jane Fonda, but for the rest of us, the following scene is the general rule: The husband whines and complains bitterly: "Gee, dear, I can't remember when the LAST time we had sex was." the wife shoots back: "Oh yeah? Well I CAN and that's why we aren't having it anymore!" But take heart. Sex after 40 doesn't have to become a memory. It simply means changing the game plan a little to make accomodations for a body is going downhill faster than Jean Claude Killy. Women have to be on the alert for situations which have the potential for making their bodies appear in worse shape than they already are. We must pay attention to details like: POSITION After 40, a woman's main concern during sex is to display her body in the most flattering position available. This automatically eliminates the hope of ever assuming the superior role again during lovemaking, because it makes the face fall forward and just HANG there, jowls and all. This sight will take the starch out of the best of 'em. Also, lying flat on one's back has the dangerous potential of quadrupling the square footage of thigh spread; a sight so grotesque, your partner may keep the sheet pulled up to your chin. We women are convinced that scientists will soon be isolating the "cellulite gene" that produces the devestating hormone responsible for lumping up all our body fat. But until they do, we'll have to monitor our body positions carefully! LIGHTING The older we get, the less light we desire on the lovemaking scene. Remember in your 20's when you made love in broad daylight, on beaches, in cars, and in the shower? After 40, ladies, we've got a lot more to hide than just our crow's feet. Our bedrooms will slowly make the transition from 60-watt flood bulbs, to 40-watt, to a nightlight, then finally to about half the candlepower generated by an elderly firefly. BY age 60, we're talking about a room so dark it can only be navigated by bats. FOREPLAY Do you remember that? He probably doesn't. Past 40, there is very little actual kissing going on in the bedroom. It takes too much time and saps too much of the energy necessary to complete the actual act. A common practice past 40 is for both partners to meet in the center of the bed, shake hands and get on with it. Young women foolishly spend all of their time worrying about what kind of orgasm they are SUPPOSED to experience. The studies tell us all about the differences between the vaginal, clitoral, uterine, multiple, and most popular, the faked orgasm. But, by 40, women arent worried about having multiple orgasms...they are worried about haveing ANY orgasm. We are also paranoid in this day of AIDS and STD's. Men should never take it personally when a mature woman leaps out of bed just seconds after having sex and stays in the bathroom douching with Commercial Strength Lysol till dawn. Enjoi, Dee