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Lucy Wigley

'Older people have the right to be sexual' - Dr Miriam Stoppard addresses 'taboo' surrounding sex in your 60s, 70s and 80s

Older couple cuddling on the sofa.

Older people want, and can have, fulfilling sex lives. Yet there remains a reluctance to openly discuss how to initiate intimacy in later years.

Dr Miriam Stoppard has referred to later life sexuality as a "taboo" subject, rightly wanting to break down barriers to normalising couples having sex until the end of their lives.

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