Journal article

Publication year: 1995

Pages: 271-290

Journal: Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volume number: 24

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0004-0002

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541600

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
For older women there is a shortage of single male partners in the same age group. This study investigates the extent of relevant alternative sexual options. 91 German women aged 50 to 91 years (birth cohorts: 1895-1936) were interviewed about their attitudes to and experiences with unconventional sexual relationships (cumulative incidence figures are given in parentheses): At the time of interview 4% (18%) of the interviewees had a relationship with a man younger than themselves, and 1% (4%) had a lesbian relationship. Of those living as singles, 8% were having an affair with a married man (21% had one while living as a single). Although relationships with married men occurred most often, attitudes towards relationships with married men were mostly negative. Feelings about relationships with younger men and other women were ambivalent.

Harvard Citation style: VONSYDOW, K. (1995) UNCONVENTIONAL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS - DATA ABOUT GERMAN WOMEN AGES 50 TO 91 YEARS, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 24(3), pp. 271-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541600

APA Citation style: VONSYDOW, K. (1995). UNCONVENTIONAL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS - DATA ABOUT GERMAN WOMEN AGES 50 TO 91 YEARS. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 24(3), 271-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541600