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Why do 90 year old women have sex drives? Based on evolutionary theories on sexual behavior, sexual drives are absolutely tied to reproduction. I understand that reproductive urges can exist without the intent or even the capacity to reproduce but these exceptions are individuals who are in groups that overwhelmingly have the ability to reproduce. For instance, it is possible that a 20 year old male or female has a condition that prevents them from reproducing.However, most 20 year old adults can reproduce.
So again why do 90 year old women have sex drives? No 90 year old woman has the ability to become pregnant. Thus, it would conform to Darwinian logic that these women would lack a mating strategy. In other words, according to evolutionary logic, 90 year old women would be asexual. I would think mating strategies would apply to those who only have the ability to reproduce. |
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not to be rough, but a 90 year old having sex is just, eww. I just envisioned it.
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Is there a study to support this? Let me understand this logic - people should only have or want sex if they're in the reproductive years?? If a woman's not fertile, she stops having any desire? If a 90 yr is healthy and physically able, don't see why she can't have sex.
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Not everything follows logic.
For one thing, a lot of these hormones have more than one purpose, so they exist for other reasons and may continue to have sex drive as a side effect, if you like. Secondly, a person might desire sexual relations as a mental or physical state, in that sex has always been enjoyable for them and perhaps has always been a valued bonding experience for them, so they might continue to perform those behaviours for other reasons than bodily need. And I guess thirdly, in some species sex is used as a bonding behaviour, not just a reproductive behaviour (this can also be seen in how some specially habitually perform acts between same sex individuals). Although one might consider a 90 year old individual extreme, from an evolutionary point of view, she might still need to perform those bonding behaviours with an "alpha male" for as long as she is able. |
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Technically a woman's ability to have children ends after menopause, which is usually in the late forties or early to mid-fifties. If she is still willing and enjoys it, then why not? Besides, what younger woman would want to have sex with a 90 year old man on Viagra, assuming it will work for him?
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??? Lots of info on age/sex online if you look. Are you just soliciting opinions with your questions?
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If she can engage in sex and enjoy it at age 90 I say go for it,
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Based on my understanding Darwinian theory of sex, either all or the vast majority of human sexual urges are linked to reproduction. Based on my readings, this claim is considered a no brainer. I fundamentally disagree with this viewpoint. If you have studies that posit that there are other purposes for sex besides procreation, can you please provide these links. Quote:
[QUOTE]And I guess thirdly, in some species sex is used as a bonding behaviour, not just a reproductive behaviour (this can also be seen in how some specially habitually perform acts between same sex individuals).[QUOTE/] Could it be possible that humans are one of those species? |
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Maybe you're too worried about Darwin.......Darwinitis perhaps.
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It is very hard to find research in many areas of sexual behavior, gender and sexual orientation. I am still trying to find studies that report the frequency of sex drives of violent males.
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I believe species of monkeys perform homosexual behaviours amongst group members in order to more closely bond them as a community. To some degree, humans probably do have the same behaviours. At the very least, there are individuals to whom physical contact (usually hugging or perhaps kissing) is vitally important for a bond so actual further sexual acts might be an extension of that. |
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hmmm funny question...lol I have been unable to reproduce since I was 24. I am still active at 55 and it has nothing to do with wanting to reproduce. Maybe Darwin only had a theory. Just saying he was wrong. I hope to still be going at 90! haha
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Vacuum Behavior.
It's very similar to the way that ANYONE wants to have sex even if it's not to procreate. I have sex all the time, but never once with the intention of procreating. Sex feels good, because people who enjoy sex tend to have more children than those who don't. After enough generations, almost everyone who is left enjoys sex. In short, wanting to have sex even after you can no longer have children doesn't have any DISADVANTAGE. |
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Darwinian evolution has been used to explain variations in species, but when it is applied to social interactions it is mostly conjecture and not a lot of empirical evidence. Sex works for procreation, but that it not the only reason. Frankly I just enjoy it, the pleasure of being united with my husband, the pleasure, closeness and security are all part of it. I have been told by 3 different physicians that I cannot get pregnant again, but that in no way has changed my sexual desire. In fact it may be stronger than ever. I would love to still be having sex at 90
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The conventional evolutionary view of male and female differences in sexual behavior is now generalized to the homosexual paradigm where reproduction within such a paradigm is impossible. Nevertheless, evolutionary psychologists attempt to assert that homosexual males and females have inherited mating strategies that only have the possibility to be functional in the heterosexual mating paradigm. It is meaningless to discuss reproductive abilities of gay males and lesbians even if they are "fertile" because they only desire to have sex in an innate homosexual fashion. They rarely seek the opposite sex for copulation in order to produce offspring. Thus, this behavior can never result into reproduction. |
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