Discursos de mulheres idosas sobre sua sexualidade

Abstract

Sexuality is fundamental element for a good quality of life, however we still need knowledge of how people perceive and experience. The elderly, as well as in other age groups, are victims of a social recovery of the perfect body, which often gets in the way sexuality. This work aimed to understand how the elderly woman understands her sexuality and how you perceive your body with advancing age. A descriptive, exploratory qualitative approach, developed with anolder10extension project entitled “Healthy Aging” of Campina Grande -PB, using semi-structured interview. The study followed the ethical observances, where the project was submitted to the ethics committee approval only after being operationalized this organ. Data we reanalyzed by thematic categorical analysis, the speeches were transcribed and presented in narrative form. It was found decreased activity and sexual desire with age, being evident dissatisfaction with body, reduced libido, as well as prioritization of other activities to replace sex. So there is need for improvement and greater attention to this audience with respect to the direction of the changes in sexuality during aging. We hope that from this study, others are developed in order to break social barriers and taboos regarding sexuality of women, especially elderly women.