I’ve posted about how sex can get better with age, but when I stumbled across Time magazine talking about the elder porn industry, I literally went “what?” out loud. While I’m a sex educator and consider myself to be fairly open minded, I wasn’t at all familiar with what Time labels “Japan’s booming sex niche: elder porn”. At first I thought that maybe they were going along with the Hollywood idea of “elder” and maybe it was pornography that included women into their 40s (in Hollywood, I feel like that’s considered old now). However, I was entirely off base. The article talks to individual who is in his 70s, and has made over 350 adult films.
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On one hand, I follow that there is something in porn for everyone out there from pictures featuring attractive women popping balloons to porn movies involving clowns. Having something for everyone is a benefit of technology and a booming adult industry (this could be a whole other post), and I actually see this booming elder porn industry as a positive thing. I like seeing people look how they should – less Botox, less overly done up perfected versions of themselves. However, I know that not everyone agrees with that opinion, and I have a friend who loves Botox (she does actually get it for her migraine headaches but a smoother forehead is a happy side effect for her).
I used to fall into the idea that at a certain age, you just stop having sex and also cease to be a sexual being. I don’t really want to think of my grandparents having sex, but the idea that even at 70, a person can be sexual is a happy thought for me and reassuring. Sex is an important part of life for so many people and has tons of benefits, so why would we want to stop being sexual just because we’re getting up there in age? Sex changes throughout ones lifespan, so while people over the age of 60 may report having a very healthy and fulfilling sex life, they may not engage in sex at the same rate or type as when they were, say, 25. I actually have some friends in their 40s and 50s who have sex more often than my friends in their 20s (and the friends in their 40s and 50s tend to report being happier with their sex lives). Now, that’s purely anecdotal. How do you feel about the idea of pornography featuring someone in their 70s?
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