Introduction:

According to the World Health Organization, sexuality concerns human beings throughout their entire lifetime. However, it seems that society categorizes people into their age groups and that the elderly are deprived of a fair reality relating to the enjoyment of sexuality in old age. The increase of this population sector, life expectancy and improvement of the state of health, is increasing interest on this subject, which was previously lacking. The majority of research studies about sexuality in old age are carried out with within the elderly sector, but what if there was a research study based on the rest of society´s views on this subject?

Objectives:

To know what society think in relation to sex within the elderly sector.

Methodology:

A descriptive cross-sectional observational study of a total of 685 people was carried out. For the collection of information, an own, anonymous, and specific design questionnaire was made and disseminated through the internet.

Results:

Results were obtained that clarified the opinion of society through a multivariate statistical analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics 19.

Conclusions:

Society´s views on the sexuality of the elderly is a subject with negative prejudices. However, when empathy is asked, the response is very positive.

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