Just because you get older, it doesn’t
mean you can be careless about your choice of sexual partners. For those over 50
years of age, you want to do your part to protect yourself. Both men and women
need to take the responsibility for having condoms readily available. While
they risk of pregnancy is likely in the past, the risk of sexually transmitted
diseases is not.
Most individuals over the age of 50 aren’t
out hooking up with new partners every weekend. Yet the biggest concern should
be the people they have been with in the past. They may have been exposed to a
sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV from a partner they were once with.
They aren’t able to share that information with you as they don’t know it
themselves. That is just too big of a risk to take. Should you decide to be
part of a committed relationship when you are over 50 with one partner, which
is great, you both should be tested for sexually transmitted diseases though.
The time frame for additional testing will depend on how much time has passed
since each of you has been with someone else. Your medical professionals can
provide all of that information for you.
Only after you get go ahead for the doctor
can you stop using protection with that partner. You need to decide on the
level of trust you have with that person though. Infidelity is a common issue
in our society for people of all ages, not just over 50. If you are worried in
the least that you may be exposed to anything due to that issue you need to
continue using protection.
It is very naïve to assume that because
you aren’t a spring chicken anymore that you don’t have to worry about the risk
of sexually transmitted diseases. There is no discrimination from them based
upon your age. Approximately 20% of the population that has tested positive for
HIV is over 50 years of age. In at least half of the cases it is believed that
they were exposed to the virus by engaging in
unprotected sex after the age of 50.
Some individuals of this age group feel it
is disrespectful to bring up the use of condoms. They don’t want to offend
potential partners so they don’t even bring it up. Yet if you aren’t able to
discuss the issue of safe sex with someone you plan to be intimate with then it
is best to avoid such activity with them all together.
Others simply don’t realize they are still
at risk at their age. There has been a great deal of information and education
offered on the topic in the last 20 years. This was implemented as the number
of individuals over 50 years of age with sexually transmitted diseases was on
the rise for several years in a row.
The highest rate of sexually transmitted
diseases among adults of this age group is found in male to male relationships.
However, those who involve two females or one male and one female are also at
risk too. There has been a myth in society that doesn’t seem to go away that
only homosexual males are at risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease
in their older years. Everyone is at risk and so you should assume that anyone
you are going to have sex with could possibly have such infections to pass on
to you. Some of them may know about it but others don’t and you need to not
take such a risk.
When you are in your 50’s, you still have
plenty of life ahead of you to enjoy. A healthy sex life should be an enjoyable
part of that life. However, you do need to be very realistic about the risk of
sexually transmitted diseases. You don’t want to have something like that
affect the quality of the remainder of life you have in front of you.
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