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dc.contributor.authorFileborn, B.
dc.contributor.authorHinchliff, S.
dc.contributor.authorLyons, A.
dc.contributor.authorHeywood, W.
dc.contributor.authorMinichiello, V.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Graham
dc.contributor.authorMalta, S.
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, C.
dc.contributor.authorCrameri, P.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-18T07:55:46Z
dc.date.available2018-05-18T07:55:46Z
dc.date.created2018-05-18T00:22:52Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationFileborn, B. and Hinchliff, S. and Lyons, A. and Heywood, W. and Minichiello, V. and Brown, G. and Malta, S. et al. 2017. The Importance of Sex and the Meaning of Sex and Sexual Pleasure for Men Aged 60 and Older Who Engage in Heterosexual Relationships: Findings from a Qualitative Interview Study. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 46 (7): pp. 2097-2110.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66726
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10508-016-0918-9
dc.description.abstract

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. That many older individuals continue to engage in various forms of sexual expression well into later life is now well established in the literature. To date, however, only a small body of qualitative research has examined older men’s experiences and understandings of sex in later life. Likewise, the ways in which older men’s discussions on sex may be used as an avenue for “doing� masculinity remain underexplored. Older men are particularly interesting in this regard, as they inhabit an increasingly subordinated position in relation to hegemonic masculine ideals because of their age. To what extent might this limit or, alternatively, open up the possibilities for sexual expression and subjectivity in later life? Drawing on a subset of findings from Sex, Age, and Me: A National Study with Australian Women and Men Aged 60 and Older, data from qualitative interviews with 27 Australian men were explored in this article. The first Australian study of its kind, we argue that older men who engage in heterosexual relationships draw on a diverse and complex array of discursive positions regarding sex, relationships, and masculinity in making sense of their experiences of sex in later life. Older men are a heterogeneous group, and their experiences and understandings of sex do not simplistically follow “decline� or “success� narratives of aging. The findings of this research build upon and extend emerging research illustrating the centrality of intimacy to older men’s sexual lives, while simultaneously highlighting the ways in which the body and discursive constructions of sex intersect to shape older men’s sexual subjectivities.

dc.publisherSpringer New York LLC
dc.titleThe Importance of Sex and the Meaning of Sex and Sexual Pleasure for Men Aged 60 and Older Who Engage in Heterosexual Relationships: Findings from a Qualitative Interview Study
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume46
dcterms.source.number7
dcterms.source.startPage2097
dcterms.source.endPage2110
dcterms.source.issn0004-0002
dcterms.source.titleArchives of Sexual Behavior
curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
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