Sexuality over time
1. Age and sexuality
The stages of female sexuality
Physiologically, a woman is ready to have her first sexual intercourse during puberty (around the age of 12 - 13), when the first menstruation indicates that she may now have children. But this does not mean that it is psychologically ready. In fact, according to statistics, the beginning of her sexual life is around the age of 17 and a half. However, a woman reaches full sexual maturity only around her thirties, with experience. Over the course of a woman's life, the intensity of desire undergoes hormonal changes. Often, it decreases during menopause, when estrogen and testosterone levels drop. In addition, libido evolves with the cycle, each month. usually reaching apex during ovulation.
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What about mature women?
Menopause and a decline in physical abilities do not necessarily lead to the complete suspension of any sexual activity in the couple. On the contrary: by having more time to think about themselves and their couple, women give more space to their sex life. A rebirth of desire often occurs at this time in a woman's life. In the context of the couple, the deep knowledge of the other, built up over time, can give rise to a new intimacy, nourished by the memories of a life spent together.
2. Sexuality and life as a couple
Love fusion and love passion
In the first two to five years of life, a couple has an average of 13 sexual intercourse per month. It is the time of passion, of the discovery of the body of the other. This discovery is based on seduction and on the feeling that the other will be able to satisfy all desires and expectations. Intimacy, in the life of a couple, passes through a fusional phase, which is particularly strong on a sexual level. The brain, during this phase, produces a hormone (phenylethylamine) which helps to maintain the feeling of having finally found the perfect harmony!
When the passion subsides, sexuality becomes deeper
From the age of five, sexual relations stabilize, becoming about 9 per month. Common life and habits allow you to get back down to earth and get to know your spouse for who he really is. Erotic complicity is based on stronger bonds and the pleasure can become more intense as it focuses on a more complete relationship.
Parents and lovers?
Usually, the return to reality often coincides with the arrival of a child. It is not easy to be lovers and parents at the same time! Furthermore, the woman's body has changed during pregnancy and the couple must find new balances, learn to manage new situations. In this sense, time and dialogue generally allow us to manage the situation well. Everyday life, worries and fatigue caused by children can kill desire, but they are also a way to make bonds even stronger. To build a family together you need to take care of the health of the couple, paying close attention to sexual life, worrying about the details, the small erotic rituals to invent or reinvent.
