Still Sexy at 60

The generation gap is alive and well ... according to our sex survey. But that doesn't mean the older generation don't still have fun under the sheets.

Betty, 63, and Bob Glennie, 67, have been married for 43 years and, like the rest of our 55-plus age group, admit they have sex less often. Betty said, "We still have sex occasionally, but not as much as we used to. You definitely have less sex as you get older."

The more mature group in our survey only have sex seven times a month, compared to 13 times for 18 to 24 years and 10 times for the 35 to 44-year-olds.

And the average spell without sex for the over-50s was 103 weeks, whereas it was only 43 weeks for the young.

But many older people are definitely still active in the bedroom.

They are a more moralistic bunch, but saucy enough to have participated in threesomes.

Around one-fifth of oldies have tried threesomes or group sex and a similar amount have tried bondage.

Most were around 20 when they lost their virginity compared to 16 for today's 25 to 34-year-olds.

And those in the older age group were more likely to have lost their virginity to someone they were married to or ended up marrying.

Betty was only 14 and still at school when she first started going out with Bob, who was 18 at the time.

She said, "I lost my virginity at 17, so we had been together for a few years before that.

"He had already lost his virginity before that, but Bob was my first. We got married when I was 20 and Bob was 24."

The couple, from East Lothian, U.K., bucked our survey trend by using protection when they had sex for the first time. Bob said, "We took precautions from the very first time we had sex right up until we got married, because it would have been frowned upon if Betty had got pregnant before then."

Only one-fifth of the older people in our survey bothered to use protection the first time they had sex. That figure rose dramatically to 64 percent among the youngest category. The generation gap was also apparent on the question of morality.

The older age group felt couples should wait longer before they have sex, just over two months, while today's generation thought a month was fine.

The vast majority of all ages felt there is greater pressure on youngsters to lose their virginity earlier these days.

Betty said, "People don't wait as long to have sex because there is a
lot more pressure on them. Kids nowadays are losing their virginity a
lot earlier and they just don't seem to care who they go with.

"There is a lot more pressure on youngsters to lose their
virginity, especially on girls." Half in the youngest group said they
would allow a teenage son or daughter to have sex under their roof,
while only 35 percent of the 55-plus category would accept it.

Bob, a retired parts man, said: "I used to stay over at Betty's
house before we were married, but I wasn't allowed to stay in her room.

"I had to stay in a separate room on my own. Times have definitely changed now."

The '60s liberated a nation, and the majority, 65 percent in our survey, thought that was a good thing.

Betty said, "Before we got married, it would have been frowned
upon for us to live together, but now I think it is much more
acceptable.

"The sexual liberation of the '60s had to come because things
were too strict when we were growing up. I wish I had known back then
what I know now."

"I wish I had known back then what I know now. Things were too strict as we grew up."

Starters
The vast majority of [people] believe that both the man and the woman should initiate sex.

Outside the bedroom, our survey respondents have sex most often
in the living room, in the hall, in the garden shed -- and some in the
Jacuzzi or shower.

Dream On
Sixty one percent of men fantasized about someone else while making love to their partners, compared to 49 percent of women.

Condoms are the most widely used contraception at 53 percent, while 36 percent said they use the birth control pill.
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Most women, 69 percent, would not trust a man to take the male pill

Source: Daily Record; Glasgow (UK). Powered by Yellowbrix.