many young adults also harbored ageist misperceptions and erroneous beliefs.
Personal Connection: This statement reminds me of how people will be shocked to find out that older couples still date or hold hands. It shows how age stereotypes are still wrong.
More than 25% of the young adults surveyed in a recent study mistakenly believed that sexual activity increases older adults’ risk of heart attack and that disinterest in sex is a normal and inevitable part of aging.
Why do so many young people think that sex is dangerous for older adults when it can actually be healthy for them.
Despite ageist societal views that sexuality has an expiration date
What does it mean that people think sexuality has an expiration date? Do they think people just stop liking sex, or does society makes them feel like they should?