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AGING & SEXUALITY
Come Hither
Orgasms are good — and good for us!
Author’s note: The following piece originally appeared in my Substack, Sex With An Older Broad.
You’ve read countless times that exercise is vital to healthy aging, but did you know that orgasms have similar benefits Yes! We should fuck with impunity if we want to feel and look younger.
As an older broad, I’m gratified that I can still experience orgasms. I’ve practiced a lot so I’m fairly astute at understanding my body and how it responds to stimuli. Certainly, one day, while beating a vibrator into submission, these old bones will say, “No mas.” But thankfully, I believe I’m still a ways from that “milestone.”
After a certain age, many people adopt an unfortunate stance that sex isn’t the high it once was, and admittedly, with our aging and often creaky bodies, a roll in the hay isn’t the flex it once was. Nor is it, as Hollywood would have us believe, aesthetically pleasing. How many seniors do you see getting their freaks on in film and on TV? A scarcity, my friends. Or, if they do, it’s for comic relief. We old bastards are lucky we can count to sixty-nine much less do it, right? Well, the hell with that. If I ever write another script, it will be about a seventy-year-old woman on a mission to get laid one, last time before she…