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Overview
There are 78 million people now crossing the 50-year mark, and they're redefining middle age and creating a new vision of what a fulfilling sex life means. Sex Over 50 speaks to this legion of gracefully aging Americans who are looking for professional, practical advice on how to make the transition to deeper, richer, more sophisticated sexual relationships. This edition includes a new chapter on the dating scene for Boomers, as well as updated information on hormone replacement therapy and erectile dysfunction.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781440634987 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 08/05/2008 |
Sold by: | Penguin Group |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 352 |
File size: | 369 KB |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Joel D. Block, Ph.D., is a nationally renowned psychotherapist, working extensively with couples and individuals in his private practice on Long Island, New York. The author of five books, including Secrets of Better Sex, he is also a diplomat of the American Board of Professional psychology and a supervisor on the staff of the Human Sexuality Center of Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Best Years of Your Sex Life xi
Create a Sexy Frame of Mind 1
The 12 Myths About Sex Over 50-And the Corresponding Truths 2
Overcoming the Mental Obstacles to Great Sex 7
Removing Boredom from Your Life 9
Tying It Together 13
Five Tips for Creating a Sexy Mind-Set 14
We're Still Sexy 15
The Building Blocks of Passion 17
Tear Down the Old Foundation and Create a Positive Sex Foundation 19
How to Build Sexual Self-Esteem 20
Four Sexual Self-Esteem Exercises 24
Why Enthusiasm Encourages Passion 26
The Hidden Sexual Potential of Optimism 26
Five Tips for Making Sex More Playful 28
Conquering the Three Emotions That Sap Sexual Energy 28
Overcoming Five Fears That Steal Passion 29
Sex Play 31
Take Charge of Your Sexuality 33
The Sex and Stress Connection 34
Seven Sexy Stress Busters 36
The Intimacy Fear 37
Let Go of the Need to Control 39
Ten Tips for Creating an Electric Sexual Atmosphere 40
How to Become an EroticConsumer 41
Develop Your Own Erotic Lesson Plan 43
The Take-Charge Lover 46
Games for Mature Lovers 48
Reading Your Partner's Sexual Rhythms 49
How to Flirt Shamelessly with Your Mate 49
How to Behave Like a Teenager in Lust 50
Be a Tease 51
Improving Her Oral Lovemaking Skills 53
Improving His Oral Lovemaking Skills 56
How to Give Your Partner Manual Pleasure 58
The Joy of Mutual Masturbation 62
Five Top Vibrator Tips 63
The Love Game 65
Improving Intercourse 67
Seven Tips for Hotter Loveplay 68
The Intercourse Positions 69
The Dynamics of Thrusting 75
Her Coital Dynamic Power 77
Six Secret Hot Spots-And How to Ignite Them 78
Four Additional Ways of Enhancing Intercourse at Midlife 80
Take Me, I'm Yours 83
Don't Have Sex, Make Love 85
First, Clear the Emotional Air 86
Awaken Each Other's Senses 88
Create Erotic Trust 91
Master the Art of Surrender 95
Turn Up the Emotional Heat 96
The Love Encounter 99
The Power of Midlife Sexual Fantasies 101
Why Fantasies Have Such Erotic Power 102
Top Ten Midlife Sex Fantasies 105
Should You Share Your Fantasies? 107
Should You Act Out Your Fantasies? 108
Erotic Role Playing 110
Seven Steps for Connecting Fantasy to Reality 113
Overcoming a Negative Fantasy Experience 114
My Secret Sin 116
Getting in Sync with Your Partner Again 118
Accept Being Out of Sync 120
How Being Out of Sync Affects Sex 121
The Relationship-Synchrony Quiz 124
Common Midlife Situations That Get in the Way of Sex 126
How to Reconnect in Bed 130
Five Steps for Getting in Sexual Sync 131
How to Use Afterplay to Improve Your Relationship 135
Making Time for Love 136
Stretching Your Sexual Boundaries 138
Measuring Your Sexual Boundaries 139
The Sexual-Boundaries Quiz 140
How to Have More Sex 141
Ten Steps for Increasing Desire 143
How to Put the Sex Back in a Sexless Marriage 144
How to Get in the Mood for Love 146
Exploring Alternative Forms of Loveplay 147
Ten Places to Have Sex Out of Bed 155
The Bonds of Love 158
The Unlimited Potential of Midlife Orgasm 160
The Midlife Orgasm 161
The Orgasm Quiz 162
How to Build New Pathways to Orgasm 163
Extending Your Orgasm Time 166
Multiple Orgasms at Midlife 167
How to Have an Extragenital Orgasm 174
How to Have a Spontaneous Orgasm 175
How to Have the Ultimate Orgasm: A Full-Body Orgasm 176
The Simultaneous Orgasm 177
Is One Orgasm Better Than Another? 179
Come Again 180
Sex and Hormones 182
How Hormones Affect Sexuality 183
Conquering Common Hormone-Related Sex Problems in Women 185
Evaluating Hormone-Replacement Therapy for Women 191
Testosterone-Replacement Therapy 196
Younger Love 200
Overcoming erectile Dysfunction 202
What Erectile Dysfunction Is-And Isn't 203
The Sexual-Response Assessment 204
Seven Ways of Preventing Erectile Dysfunction 207
Four Steps to Restoring Sexual Function 209
How a Woman Can Help 210
The Causes of Erectile Dysfunction 211
Erectile Dysfunction Remedies 215
Beyond Intercourse 228
Sex and Health 230
The Sex Diet 230
How Exercise Influences Sexuality 232
The Health Benefits of Sex 233
The Sexual Effects of Illness and Disability 235
Why a Hysterectomy Doesn't End Your Sex Life 242
Overcoming the Sexual Side Effects of Medications 245
Rejuvenating the Mind-Body Connection 247
Regaining Desire Lost to Illness, Disability, or Physical Signs of Aging 249
Makeover Sex 252
Making the Dating Scene 254
New Beginnings 255
Getting Out There 256
Going Online-Or Not 257
Other Dating Options 260
Ten Great Conversation Starters 262
Eight Safety Precautions 264
Be Real, Stay Real 265
Dating Success 268
Hotel Date 272
Love With Another Partner 274
Six Keys to Staying Sexual Alone 275
How to Become Sexually Active Again with a Partner 276
Overcoming the Obstacles to a New Sexual Relationship 280
How to Avoid STDs 285
The Late Affair 286
Should You Have an Affair? 293
Consequences of the Affair: Should You Leave Your Partner? 295
New Beginnings 300
Keeping the Romance Alive Forever 303
Friendship: The Hidden Component of Romance 304
What Romance Is-And Isn't 305
The Romance Quiz 307
Ten Steps to Rediscovering Romance 308
How to Keep the Romance Alive 310
How Some Couples Never Lose the Magic 312
The Last Words 315
The "Like" Connection 316
Conclusion: You're Still Sexy 318
Index 323
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