Still Sexy After All These Years?: The 9 Unspoken Truths about Women's Desire Beyond 50

by Leah Kliger and Deborah Nedelman

Book Overview

This surprising volume contains straight talk from real women from ages 50 to 95, revealing for the first time the secrets of what they want (and don't want) regarding sex-and how they get it. Health... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039953217X
• ISBN13: 9780399532177
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

A must read for men

Men who want to develop or maintain a loving relationship with women over 50 will find this book essential reading. A major strength of the book are the quotations from women who were either interviewed or who participated in group discussions. The quotations have the same poignancy as those in the play, "The Vagina Monologues." Like the play, this book has some feminist perspectives that are annoying but they do not detract from the helpfulness of the book overall. The book also has some great jokes! Chapter 3 has one of the great jokes but overall it is a downer. The rest of the book is quite up beat so I recommend skipping Chapter 3 until you have read some of the other chapters. Men should not skip Chapter 6 on lesbian relationships since it contains very wise quotations that apply equally to heterosexual relationships. Of the 400 diverse women who responded to the authors' non-random survey, 57% said they were either passionate or satisfied with their partner as a lover. Only 10% said they were either uninterested or resentful toward their partner. 22% said they currently did not have a partner and 11% did not answer the question. That is very encouraging news. The book provides lots of useful suggestions on how men can help their lovers stay in the passionate or satisfied category.

Delightful!

I found this book to be well written, informative, and delightful to read. The stories and comments from so many diverse women made this book one for all women to incorporate into their home library and share with friends.

Down to earth

Still Sexy opens the doors to the range of possiblities for sex and aging. It's a down-to-earth book, easy to read, useful and well researched.

"Normal" is all over the map!

Well researched, yet written in an easy style, Still Sexy After All These Years? infuses humor into a serious look at the desires of women beyond 50. The authors present a vast spectrum of attitudes and approaches from women with and without partners. Whether you've bade 'good riddance' to sex, find yourself wanting it more, need creative solutions for health issues, relationship issues or lifestyle changes, you'll find you're not alone and you can benefit from the authors' practical suggestions and listed resources.

I'm Not Alone

This respectful book deals with the changes in women's sexuality in a manner that is both frank and hopeful. The warmth and humor in it are based on an easy and accepting view of what can be a confusing and uncharted time. It encourages inter-generational conversations, with the idea of legitimizing the wide variety of what is normal.