Watching the movie in class this week was really not as bad as I expected. While it did address the sexuality and sex lives of older adults, I think I have found a way for myself as well as others to feel a bit more comfortable with the topic. We have discussed how the idea of people like our grandparents having sex seems "gross" or uncomfortable, it seems to have more to do with the fact that they are our family members than that they are older. For example, I also do not want to hear about my parents', sisters' or cousins' sex lives, and they are not in the older adult category.
From another perspective, I would like to have a fulfilling sex life when I am in my 60s, 70s, or 80s, so why wouldn't these older adults? When you look at it from a view of yourself and what you would imagine, it makes it much different from imagining people that you know (like grandparents).
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