HOW THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMAGES
When it comes to how men regard the effects that aging has on their sexuality, I’ve seen three distinct groups of opinions: in one, a man believes the popular myth that his sexuality peaked years ago, when he was 18, so since then life’s been all downhill. A man in the second group tends to deny that aging has any effect at all, even though his physiological signs tell him otherwise.
And then there’s the group in between: At first, a man may rebel a little at the changes in his sexuality—which may be anything from needing more time to become fully erect to wanting to have sex less often—but he eventually accepts the changes and may even learn to use them as a way to make sexuality more exciting and challenging.
From the time a man is in his teens all the way to his 80s and 90s, his reproductive system ages slowly from one year to the next. For most men, sexuality continues to be a very important aspect of life throughout their lives. Sexual desire continues indefinitely, despite the popular image of an uninterested, grumpy old man. One problem an 80- or 90-year-old man may have is that he is ashamed of his sexuality, because he—along with a lot of other people of all ages—has bought into the myth that older people are not and should not be sexual. This myth about sexuality is particularly a problem if he is living in a nursing home or at home with his children, because if the people around him believe the myth, chances are he will, too.
Throughout life, illness and medication can have a significant impact on your sexuality; even acetaminophen and allergies can dampen a man’s sexual desire. Though men do not experience a formal cessation of their reproductive ability such as women do when they enter menopause, the production both of sperm and testosterone decreases as a man ages. However, this usually has no bearing on his ability to father children; even 90-year-old men have become fathers.
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