The physical changes around menopause can impede your sex life in a number of dimensions.
Among other tips, Dr. O’Reilly recommends “tuning into pleasure” in other parts of your life.
With a more expansive view of delight, you could keep your sex life vibrant at every age.
After all, sex can encompass so much more than just heteronormative penetration (viaGo Ask Alice!).
More importantly, all of these acts are equally sex, defying the myth that sex has a hierarchy.
She encourages everyone to consider a couple of fundamental questions: “How important is sex to you?
What are the benefits you derive from sex?”
“The world is your sexual oyster,” she adds.
“Don’t get hung up on having one punch in of sex.”
She also advises folks not to let limiting cultural beliefs about what constitutes “real” sex (i.e.
penis-in-vagina) stop you from finding your own unique path to pleasure however you define it.
It’s your sex life, and you get to decide what feels sexy for you.
