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title: "The New Sexual Playground: Teaching Health Professionals about Aging and Sex"
date: 2021-12-19T03:00:00-05:00
author: OBOS Admin
canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/our-better-half-podcast-the-new-sexual-playground-teaching-health-professionals-about-aging-and-sex"
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# The New Sexual Playground: Teaching Health Professionals about Aging and Sex

This episode of the Our Better Half podcast features Dr. Gretchen Frey, a retired OB/GYN now writing and presenting about sexuality in aging populations. Dr. Frey seeks to normalize the challenges that individuals and couples face as they age and want to remain emotionally and sexually engaged.

> Our idea of a satisfying meal, a satisfying date, a satisfying afternoon are all gonna change as we get older and a satisfying sexual experience changes too. It’s good to take the focus off orgasm which may be a less certain event as we get older and shift the focus to pleasure. I love the analogy that one speaker gave a while back which is sex ought to be a playground.

[Listen to the episode ](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/134-a-new-sexual-playground-teaching-health/id1323853418?i=1000545450600)

SOURCE: Our Better Half • LAST UPDATED: December 19, 2021

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- [ growing older](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/growing-older)
- [ sexuality & aging](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/sexuality-aging)
- [aging](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/aging)
- [sexual activity](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/sexual-activity)

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## Sex Ed in School

SA describes her experience learning about sex and relationships while growing up and in college.

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SA describes her experience learning about sex and relationships while growing up and in college.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-learning-about-sex-ed-in-school)

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## Dealing with the Stigmatization of Sexuality

SA shares how gaps in her sex education curriculum growing up failed to prepare her for sex. She discusses her desire for sex-positive sex education.

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SA shares how gaps in her sex education curriculum growing up failed to prepare her for sex. She discusses her desire for sex-positive sex education.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-dealing-with-the-stigmatization-of-sexuality)

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## Dealing with Low Sexual Desire Levels

While motherhood decreased SA’s desire to have sex, communicating with her husband and redefining what sex looks like for their relationship has been helpful.

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While motherhood decreased SA’s desire to have sex, communicating with her husband and redefining what sex looks like for their relationship has been helpful.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-dealing-with-low-desire-levels)