Sex After 60

Cora Cocks, an 81 year-old woman from Long Beach, is more than willing to tell senior citizens about the joys of sex. She has held talks across the country about the misperceptions that modern society still harbors about sex after 60.

Cocks, who was married for nearly 50 years and is a grandmother of 2, became a widow in 1975, but she speaks about sex very candidly and with great wit. Cocks admits that sex gets slower after a certain age, however, she affirms that it is still a very enjoyable thing.

Cora Cocks has appeared on different talk shows, including "The Phil Donahue Show," on a crusade that is beginning to change perceptions about senior sex.

A major factor that makes Cora Cocks appearances so relevant today is the advent of Viagra – a medication that did not exist a few years ago. Thanks to that medication, the elderly can continue enjoying sex for as long as they please.

Cocks said that in the United States alone, there are over 18,000 seniors that are unmarried but living together, and she cracks that "they're not playing chess."

When Cora Cocks first started talking about senior sex publicly, most people were shocked, but she believes that the elderly are finally "coming out of the closet".

Cocks is involved with a number of social services, such as the Long Beach Food Bank, the Long Beach Council of Seniors, the Long Beach Advisory Commission on Aging, and was the chairwoman for the State Commission on Aging, which she headed for several years.

She helps seniors overcome the main obstacles that they face concerning the continuation of a healthy sex life, which she considers to be what their children might think or say, the attitudes of their personal doctors, old-age illnesses, fear of erectile dysfunction and lack of partners of the same age bracket.

She also preaches that sexual activity releases cortisone in the blood stream, which in turn helps relieve symptoms of arthritis.

And Cocks is right. According to recent medical research, sex lowers your blood pressure, lowers stress levels, boosts your immunity system, helps you burns calories, boosts your self-esteem, and reduces the risk of prostate cancer.

In short, having sex will make you less dependent on the online pharmacy and help you live a happier, healthier life.

Moreover, Cora Cocks always reminds us that "sex is more than just intercourse. It's loving and caring.'