Member’s Book Makes AARP Bedroom Books List

Consortium member Joan Price’s book, Naked at Our Age, has been included in AARP’s list of books that can add sizzle to one’s sex life. The Love & Sex blog on the AARP.org website is written by Pepper Schwartz, PhD, who is a member of the Consortium’s Advisory Board. Read the entire list here.

Not Just for High School Anymore: Sex Ed Across the Lifespan

Reprinted with permission from HPV News, published by the American Social Health Association An Interview with Bill Taverner Sex ed. For many of us that conjures thoughts of the health or gym teacher fumbling through notes on the birds and the bees. The modern variety of sex ed has been much in the news the last few years, as abstinence-only education has received much attention (and many dollars, too). Sex ed means much more than what adolescents might...

Field Report on Sex Ed for Older Adults

Older, Wiser, Sexually Smarter: 30 Sex Ed Lessons for Adults Only is a facilitator-friendly, consumer-friendly curriculum that benefits the Consortium with every sale. If you’re tempted but wonder what it’s like to implement in the “real world, read OWSS Notes from the Field_Terri Clark To order your own copy of OWSS, click...

Consortium Sex Blogger Honored

Consortium member Joan Price recently earned a huge honor — her blog earned 14th place among the Top 100 Sex Blogs of 2011.  Price reports that about 400 sex-related blogs were considered for ranking, and she believes hers is the only blog to focus on sexuality in older age. Hers is also educational, rather than titillating. Congratulations, Joan!  Read her blog here.   To see all 100 top-ranked blogs, click...

Older Women Want Sexuality Education, Study Shows

Researchers from the University of Florida have learned that a “critical need” exists for better communication between older women and their doctors, specifically about sexuality. Women reported that not only do they want to talk to their doctors about sex, they also want to be better equipped to “negotiate” safer sex with their partners. Dr. Cynthia Morton and her colleagues conducted focus groups of women 50 and over who...