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Sexual Deviance in Health and Aging
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Sexual Deviance in Health and Aging: Uncovering Later Life Intimacy
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Introduction
Author Insights
Chapter Outline
Navigating the Text
Chapter 2
Sexual Deviance in Life Course Context
Sexual Scripting
โYou Canโt Do Thatโ: Deviant Sexuality
Little Blue Pills: The Medicalization of Sex
Age or Abnormality: The Medicalization of Silver Sexuality
Sexuality in Older Adulthood: Taboos and Transformations
Flipping the Script: Making Deviance Mainstream
Chapter 3
Locked Closets
Understanding Who We Are
Exploring the Closet
Disclosure and Well-Being
Visibility through the Ages
Surviving a Plague
Aging as Becoming
Chapter 4
Gray Kink
BDSM: Part of the Community
Silver Submissives: Older Adult BDSM Community Membership
Healthy Obsessions: Alternative Sexual Practices and Sexual Health
The Ties that Bind: Creatingโand MaintainingโHealthy Sex Lives
Chapter 5
Bridging the Gap
โIs that Your Mom?!โ: Attitudes and Interpretations of Age-Gap Relationships
Young at Heart: Navigating the Age Gap
In Sickness and In Health: Intersections of Health and Aging
Conclusions: Age-Gap Relationship Validation and Education
Chapter 6
Aging Openly
Openness in Historical Context
Nonmonogamy in the Present Day
Insistent Terminology
Generational Comparisons
Long Term Care Settings
Chapter 7
Redefining โSexyโ
Mapping Human Sexuality
Sexual Closeness and Meaning
Beyond Penetration
Evolving Sexual Preferences
Adaptation and Innovation
Chapter 8
Conclusions
Gaps in Scholarship
Opportunities for Action
References
Index
About the Authors