Lauren Harris

I know what I like.

I am freer in my body.

I have all of these years of experience and I know how to communicate that.

So there are some, you know, there's past research and it did come up that there is a stigma.

People would say, you know, I don't have the body of a 20-year-old.

The last time I had sex with a new partner, I was 22.

You know, my fiance recently married, you know, I was young and now I'm having sex in a much older body.

Nobody has ever seen this body for the first time and I'm uncomfortable with that.

It was more women than men, but we did see that people do have a hesitancy.

They are a little uncomfortable in their new bodies.

Men spoke a little bit more about women's bodies, kind of the idea of like, well, I don't want to date somebody who's let themselves go.

But there is an understanding among older adults that our bodies have changed, that bodies change with time, and so be it.

That I've changed, you've changed, it's okay.

People would talk about, you know, of course she's had children.

Of course he's a bit older, you know.

That's fine.

So there is a level of hesitancy or concern about your own body, but not in the way that it's getting in the way of preventing anyone from having a sexual experience.

True.

It's a great point.

And so in some ways, everybody's different.