"However, Dr. Hutcherson says that's a fallacy. Patients often are too shy to ask their doctors difficult sexual questions -- so doctors need to ask them directly, she says. "I say, 'How's your sex life?' and then wait for the answer. And that normalizes and makes it much easier for an older woman to say, 'Well, there are some issues that I want to talk to you about.'"

Author of "What Your Mother Never Told You About S-e-x" and a columnist who writes for Essence and Glamour magazines, Dr. Hutcherson is blunt about asking her patients if they're practicing safe sex. It could save their lives. Statistics show that although the highest number of new HIV cases is in people in their thirties and forties, there are now more patients being diagnosed in their fifties than in their twenties.

'Sex Is Life-Long'

So, once they're practicing safe sex, Dr. Hutcherson says it's time to make sure they're having enjoyable sex. "Sex is life-long," she says. "You should never give up on somethin

Nice clip. I see, I may still be happy in 25 and more years.

No doubt!

And don't forget the words of wisdom from the country song "Older Women Make Beautiful Lovers"! That will be my motto.

People in their 50's are getting divorced, dating again, with no idea about the danger of std's, and the importance of proper condom use.