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The Discourse of the Sexuality of the Elderly: A Christian Ethical Evaluation of the Approaches of the Elderly Welfare

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2013, (27), pp.43-97
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology

Oh, Sung Hyun 1

1서울신학대학교

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ABSTRACT

The current discourse of the sexuality of the elderly people in the aging Korean society is led by the study of the welfare of the aged. So this paper analysed the results from the study of the welfare of the aged on the understanding of the sexuality of the elderly, in oder to introduce the main concerns of the current discourse of the sexuality of the elderly people. The social prejudice about the sexuality of the elderly, ‘the old man has neither sexual desire nor sexual ability’ is being overcome by the empirical studies of the sexuality of the aged. The medical, psychological and social approaches to the sexuality of the elderly have led to the research result that the sexual life of the old people is possible, useful and even necessary for the health and welfare of the aged. So the social help is requested for the improvement of the sexual life of the elderly and for positive cognition of the sexuality of the aged. However this paper has showed that the approach of the welfare of the aged has inclined to the liberal understanding of sex. Just because the elderly people are old, the fact that they are sexual beings is not to be denied. The sexuality of the elderly should be recognized. But the old people should not be oversxualized. Not only direct sexual behaviors but also various indirect sexual expressions and alternatives are possible, useful and meaningful for the old life of human beings.

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