What Are Your Sexuality Stories? The art of storytelling is a valuable tool, until it gets in our way. There are the public stories and there are the stories we’ve made up about ourselves. Those personal tales may be good, affirming, and goal-directed. But most of the time the stories we tell ourselves, especially the sexuality …
Every day we hear messages about sex. They’re typically negative. And sadly we often believe them. We have so many questions that feel too big, too embarrassing to ask. Let’s look at them. And talk about them. Eeeeew….Old people having sex. That’s gross Sex is only for procreation. Sex is dirty. Men love sex, women don’t. …
A note from Walker Thornton: I’m so pleased to be the new Women’s Sexual Health columnist for Midlife Boulevard. I started thinking and writing about sex as I reentered the dating world in my early 50s. What I began to realize is that many midlife women have questions about sex and their bodies. I often …
Several years ago, Diane Keaton starred in a romantic comedy called “Baby Boom.” In one early scene, she and Hubs were sitting in bed together, side by side and both reading, with the bedside clock showing 11 p.m. Diane looks over at Hubs and asks, “Do you want to have sex?” “Sure,” he replies. The next scene shows the two …
