Comments on: In Defense of the Elderly “Sex Panel” http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/09/21/in-defense-of-the-elderly-sex-panel/ Sex and Gender in D.C. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:24:38 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Old People Are Sexting Now - The Sexist - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/09/21/in-defense-of-the-elderly-sex-panel/comment-page-1/#comment-22044 Old People Are Sexting Now - The Sexist - Washington City Paper Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:47:18 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=6553#comment-22044 [...] sending a perfectly chaste text message is hilarious to me. That being said, aging can present some pretty specific challenges to a person’s sex life—and, like with teens, the worst we can do is refuse to talk [...] [...] sending a perfectly chaste text message is hilarious to me. That being said, aging can present some pretty specific challenges to a person’s sex life—and, like with teens, the worst we can do is refuse to talk [...]

]]> By: Lara Riscol http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/09/21/in-defense-of-the-elderly-sex-panel/comment-page-1/#comment-16787 Lara Riscol Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:12:48 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=6553#comment-16787 just read this important piece, thanks! please check out my recent related post on RH Reality Check that focuses more on rights than abuse: Sex and Dementia: Shrouded by Taboo RH Reality Check - Washington,DC,USA By Lara Riscol, RH Reality Check A man with Alzheimer's and his wife of many years finish lovemaking when he rolls over and tells her, “You'd better hurry ... http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/09/02/sex-and-dementia-shrouded-by-taboo just read this important piece, thanks! please check out my recent related post on RH Reality Check that focuses more on rights than abuse:
Sex and Dementia: Shrouded by Taboo
RH Reality Check - Washington,DC,USA
By Lara Riscol, RH Reality Check A man with Alzheimer's and his wife of many years finish lovemaking when he rolls over and tells her, “You'd better hurry ...
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/09/02/sex-and-dementia-shrouded-by-taboo

]]> By: Anon http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/09/21/in-defense-of-the-elderly-sex-panel/comment-page-1/#comment-16767 Anon Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:30:43 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=6553#comment-16767 It's a scary situation. On the one hand it seems unconscionable to tell Granny that she can't have sex (or more accurately to tell all possible partners that she can't legally consent). On the other hand, how do we protect these people from sexual abuse when their brain fails them? It's a scary situation.

On the one hand it seems unconscionable to tell Granny that she can't have sex (or more accurately to tell all possible partners that she can't legally consent).

On the other hand, how do we protect these people from sexual abuse when their brain fails them?

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