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Fri, August 19, 2022 | 14:08
2 out of every 3 senior citizens sexually active: survey
노년기 성생활 실태의 어두운 단면
Posted : 2012-01-09 19:32
Updated : 2012-01-09 19:32
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Two out of every three Korean senior citizens are sexually active, and half of them frequent red-light districts, a survey by a state-funded consumer body shows.

As many as 66.2 percent of the questioned replied that they are currently enjoying sex, according to the survey conducted by the Korea Consumer Agency on sexual life of the elderly for 500 male and females aged 60 years or older.

The survey shows that 53 percent of those who are enjoying sex answered that they bought sex at brothels, indicating that half of Korean elderly has been waging a distorted sex life.

Buying sex in Korea is illegal but a considerable number of Koreans regard it as a necessary evil. Reflecting this, as many as 39.4 percent or 194 people replied that “it is necessary because they have no choice” and 15.6 percent or 77 persons replied that it is necessary. As small as 30.6 percent replied that they could not accept the purchase of sex.

Motels and inns are found to be major sex trading places (67.2 percent), followed by brothels (13.6 percent), massage parlors (10.2 percent), private homes(5.1 percent) and barber’s (1.1 percent).

A total of 168 persons or 50.8 percent of the sexually active elderly replied that they buy anti-impotence pills, with 55 percent of them using it to improve sexual function, 23.4 percent for curiosity and 19.9 percent for curing impotence.

The study found out that prostitution is closely linked to venereal diseases, with 75.6 percent of 122 senior citizens who suffered from diseases infected with sexual disease from their sex partners. Gonorrhea is the No. 1 sexual disease infecting 61 seniors of the questioned, followed by colpitis with 21 and syphilis with two.

“As a growing number of senior citizens enjoy sex, so the number of sex-related diseases increases, becoming a serious problem in the aging Korean society,” said an official of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which has commissioned the research. “We hope the the research outcome will be used in the policy on the problem of elderly people’s sex life.”

노년기 성생활 실태의 어두운 단면
우리나라 노인 3명 중 2명이 성생활을 즐기고 있지만, 그 중 절반은 성매매를 이용하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 보건복지부가 한국소비자원에 의뢰해 전국의 만 60세 이상 남녀 500명을 대상으로 조사, 8일 발표한 '노인의 안전한 성생활을 위한 자료개발 연구'에 따르면 응답자의 66.2%인 331명이 '현재 성생활을 한다'고 응답했다. 이 가운데 절반이 넘는 177명(53%)의 응답자가 그 방법이 '성매매'라고 답했다. 노년기의 왜곡된 성생활 실태의 단면이 드러난 셈이다. 성매매가 불법인데도 '필요악'으로 인식하는 잘못된 성의식도 나타났다. 성매매를 두고 응답자의 39.4%(194명)가 '어쩔 수 없이 필요하다'고 답했고, 15.6%(77명)가 '필요하다'고 답했다. '있어서는 안 된다'는 응답율은 30.6%(151명)에 그쳤다. 성매매가 이뤄지는 장소는 모텔, 여관 등 숙박업소가 67.2%로 가장 많았고, 이어 성매매 집결지(13.6%) 안마시술소(10.2%) 가정집(5.1%) 이발관(1.1%) 순이었다. 성매매는 노년기의 건강에도 악영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 성병에 걸린 적이 있다고 한 응답자(122명) 중 75.6%가 감염 경로를 '성매매 종사자'라고 답했다. 성병은 종류별로 임질이 50%(61명)로 가장 많았고 요도염(질염) 17.2%(21명) 사면발이 5.7%(7명) 매독 1.6%(2명) 순이었다. 연령대별 성생활 비율은 60~64세가 88.4%로 가장 높았고 65~69세 71.2%, 70~74세 56.1%, 75~79세 52.4%, 80~84세 36.4%로 조사됐다. 성생활을 하는 노인 가운데 발기부전 치료제를 산다는 응답자는 절반이 넘는 50.8%(168명)였다. 구입 이유는 '성기능 향상' 55.0%(94명), '호기심' 23.4%(40명), '발기부전 치료' 19.9%(34명) 등이었다. 성기능을 향상시키기 위한 보조의료기기 사용 경험자는 45명(13.6%), 이 중 무허가 제품을 샀다는 응답자도 14명이었다. 의료기기 사용자 중 부작용을 경험한 경우는 24명(57.1%)이었다. 복지부 관계자는 "수명 연장으로 성생활을 영위하는 노인들이 늘고 그만큼 다양한 성 관련 문제를 안고 있지만 이에 대한 공개적인 논의는 이뤄지지 못했다"며 "조사 결과를 노인의 고민 해결에 활용할 것"이라고 말했다.
 
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