The surprising freedom of being the object of desire, and why feeling safe doesn't always feel sexy.
For some women, sexual safety is an absolute turn-off and can feel like a real hindrance when trying to create a healthy long-term relationship.
Let me explain how some women get here through a little vignette.
Lena grew up in a family where love and closeness were fully present. I mean FULLY. And that love and closeness came with expectations.
Her parents were intensely involved in her life. They had strong opinions about what was appropriate, what was respectable, who she should spend time with and what kind of woman she ought to become.
If you come from a neglectful family, you might think that sounds like paradise.
But there was something complicated about this type of closeness. The psychological boundaries between parent and child weren't always clear.
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Have you heard of the expression, "You don't stop playing because you age, you age because you stop playing." ?
Well I think something similar is going on with our libido during menopause.
Yes the initial hormone decline may cause our libido to drop but it's OUR job to re-ignite it otherwise we end up in the trap that goes: 'you don't stop having sex because of menopause, you menopause because you stop having sex.'
Maybe that's not actual science, but there's something in the idea which feels important and certainly goes along with the theory of stereotype embodiment.
The health benefits of sex and orgasms are phenomenal.
The increased levels of nitric oxide released during orgasm bring improvements in:
🍆 cardiovascular health including blood pressure.
🍆 exercise performance.
🍆 immune function.
🍆 memory and overall brain function.
🍆 wound healing.
🍆 anti inflammatory.
🍆 emotional regulation.
all of which support a healthier menopause and so I think we would do well to be curio...
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