Perceptions on sexuality in the elderly: affective-sexual relationships in differential aging processes
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| Médium: | artículo original |
| Stav: | Versión publicada |
| Datum vydání: | 2018 |
| Popis: | Objective: To analyze the different perceptions and attitudes on the sexuality of the elderly people according to the generational changes. Methodology: Qualitative approach is used; 3 discussion groups and 19 semi-structured interviews were carried out with students from the Open University for the Elderly (UOM) aged between 59 and 78 years. Results: The analysis highlights a different perception of sexuality between women and men during the aging process, which is associated with gender roles and gender expectations throughout the process of socialization and coinciding with a socio-historical context determined. Conclusions: The perception of sexuality in older men means “loss period” whereas for older women, it means “full experience of their sexuality”. |
| Země: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Instituce: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Jazyk: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/31147 |
| On-line přístup: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/gerontologia/article/view/31147 |
| Klíčové slovo: | gender sexuality sex education aging affective relationships sexualidad educación sexual envejecimiento relaciones afectivas. genero |