A Quarter of Men over 85 had Sex last Year, Versus just 1 in 10 women: Study

Sorry ladies, but hooking up only gets harder with age — although you might not mind.

A new study reveals that more than a quarter of British men over 85 had sex in the last year but only one in 10 octogenarian women did.

 

The International Longevity Centre surveyed pensioners ages 65-plus about their sexual proclivities and discovered that older women just aren’t in the mood.

Even though older men and women think about sex less as they age, some 60% of men over 65 still get busy, while only 37% of women do. Those numbers continue shrinking as people get older, but even though most men and women report almost “never” thinking about sex, one in four randy male retirees still manage to knock boots, while only one in 10 women do.

And men and women even think about sex differently.

More than 30% of 76 to 80-year-old men admitted to thinking about sex at least once a week, compared to just 7% of women in the study.

The number of men fantasizing weekly shrinks to just under 20% between ages 81 and 85, and under 10% at 85-plus, but the women thinking dirty thoughts in those age groups drops to virtually zero.

“Our first findings corroborate the stereotypes according to which men have a higher sexual desire than women, and younger people have a higher sexual desire than the older ones,” writes research fellow Cesira Urzì Brancatthe in a blog post on the study’s website.

There are other factors besides gender at play, of course. Healthier individuals reported both higher sexual desire and more frequent romps between the sheets.

Plus, women’s longer life expectancies mean the dating pool of single men for straight women dries up over time, while the available fellas have plenty of females to choose from.

“In general, finding a new partner appears to be harder for women than men at any age, but it is next to impossible for women past the age of 75,” says Brancatthe. “The likelihood of starting a new relationship is even lower for widows and widowers, and it drastically drops with age, even after taking into account any potential health factors.”

The study suggests older singles would benefit from initiatives to help them find love later in life.