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Does your libido rise as you get older?

by Gabrielle Lichterman

Feel that as the years go by, your libido is getting more intense? If so, you’re not alone. Women between the ages of 27-45 tend to have a heightened sex drive and engage in more exciting sexual activities, according to just-released research out of the University of Texas at Austin and published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.

In the study, the researchers split 827 women into three groups: high fertility (ages18-26), low fertility (ages 27-45) and menopausal (ages 46 and up). The respondents answered an online questionnaire about their sexual attitudes and behavior.

Of all three groups, the women between the ages of 27 and 45 (the low fertility group) were more likely to experience: [more…]