Sexual behaviour of women in early and middle adulthood.
Sexual behaviour of women in early and middle adulthood.

Summary/Abstract: Background: Sexual activity is extremely important and is also of strategic importance for a woman’s health. Aim of the study: The assessment of women’s sexual preferences in early and middle adulthood. Material and methods: The study sample consisted of 100 women in early adulthood (aged 20–30 years) who were students of the University of Rzeszow in the field of Midwifery. A second group of 200 middle-aged women (aged 45–55 years) who were working and undergoing treatment at Clinical Provincial Hospital No. 2 of St. Jadwiga Queen in Rzeszow, students of the University of the Third Age in Rzeszow, as well as women from the Postgraduate Education Centre of Nurses and Midwives in Rzeszow. The research was carried out in 2016 by means of a diagnostic survey using our own questionnaire. Results: As compared to the middle adulthood group, the women in the early adulthood group more frequently used items that diversify sex life, i.e. lubricants, massage oils, condoms, erotic lingerie, and handcuffs (p < 0.001). In addition, women in the early adulthood group felt more sexually attractive than the middle adulthood group (p < 0.001) and also preferred sexual modes of behaviour (e.g., clitoral stimulation, breasts stimulation, vaginal stimulation and oral stimulation) more frequently than middle adult women. Conclusions: Women in middle adulthood feel less sexually attractive than women in early adulthood. Women in middle adulthood could introduce factors that improve the quality of sexual intercourse during perimenopausal age, such as: lubricants, massage oils, stimulating condoms, and erotic lingerie.

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