Dr. Sharron Hinchliff

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Passion for change: Promoting the sexual rights of older people

Passion for change: Promoting the sexual rights of older people

I was recently interviewed for The Psychologist (magazine of the British Psychological Society) about my work on the sexual rights of […]

August 22, 2018 0 2
Older Women Rock!

Older Women Rock!

  Wow. I have just found this amazing project Older Women Rock! by Leah Thorn. The project is about exploring and […]

April 8, 2018 0 10
Safer-sex in the over-60s

Safer-sex in the over-60s

As part of our project Sex, Age & Me which we recently carried out in Australia we talked to 53 […]

January 29, 2018 0 1
Older people do not have sexual rights

Older people do not have sexual rights

Oh yes they do! And there is an urgent need to protect these sexual rights, as evidence continues to grow […]

December 3, 2017 0
A triple whammy of stigma: Sexuality & older people

A triple whammy of stigma: Sexuality & older people

A wonderful write-up of our Ageing and Sexualities symposium, that featured in the The Psychologist: the magazine of The British […]

August 31, 2017 0
Grandma Williams talks sex and love

Grandma Williams talks sex and love

There has been a lot of interest in the sex lives of older people recently. Indeed, hardly a day goes […]

June 4, 2017 1 1
Sex, Age & Me: What everybody ought to know

Sex, Age & Me: What everybody ought to know

Two years ago I wrote about the Sex, Age & Me project that we had launched in Australia. It is […]

April 27, 2017 1 1
STDs never get old: Rapping the safer sex message to older people

STDs never get old: Rapping the safer sex message to older people

Regular visitors to my website will have spotted that I’ve blogged about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or diseases (STDs) in […]

March 29, 2017 0
Short of dropping Viagra in his tea, I don’t know what to do!

Short of dropping Viagra in his tea, I don’t know what to do!

We know that sex can be important to older people’s quality of life. Lots of studies tell us about the […]

February 19, 2017 0
Knowledge, stigma and risky sex: STIs in the over 45s

Knowledge, stigma and risky sex: STIs in the over 45s

Why over 45s are at risk of sexually transmitted infections – new findings Jenny Dalrymple, Glasgow Caledonian University One consequence […]

December 1, 2016 2
Creases: Tate Modern explores age, sexual identities, anxieties and desires

Creases: Tate Modern explores age, sexual identities, anxieties and desires

  As part of the Bedfellows Sex Re-education programme of events, Tate Modern is hosting a performance called ‘Creases’ which […]

October 19, 2016 0 1
Backseat Bingo: Sexy seniors seeking the same

Backseat Bingo: Sexy seniors seeking the same

Produced by the film maker Liz Blazer, Backseat Bingo is a short animated documentary which explores ‘sexy seniors’ who are […]

August 18, 2016 0 1
Old, beautiful bodies

Old, beautiful bodies

  Once again I have found an artist who is doing wonderful work on the ageing body beautiful. Jade Beall […]

July 13, 2016 2 5
Old bags: The art of midlife women

Old bags: The art of midlife women

  What a fantastic way to use visual art to challenge the (negative) social constructions of gender and ageing. I’ve […]

June 25, 2016 0 2
Farm-to-vagina lube? Grace and Frankie tackle intimate dryness

Farm-to-vagina lube? Grace and Frankie tackle intimate dryness

Well, what can I say? Grace and Frankie (the fabulous show starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin) take on the […]

May 10, 2016 3 1
I Know a Woman Like That

I Know a Woman Like That

I Know a Woman Like That is an uplifting documentary produced by Elaine Madsen and her daughter Virginia Madsen. They […]

May 8, 2016 0
Sexy, sassy and over 50

Sexy, sassy and over 50

    ‘Sexy, sassy and over 50’. That’s the subheading given to a feature recently published in Huff/Post 50. The […]

April 12, 2016 0
Invisible and silent: The sexual assault of older women

Invisible and silent: The sexual assault of older women

My post re-blogged from the Journal of Advanced Nursing’s interactive blog, which marked the United Nation’s 16 Days of Activism […]

December 10, 2015 0 1
The secret sex lives of older people that can make us rethink our idea of intimacy

The secret sex lives of older people that can make us rethink our idea of intimacy

It’s not often you see people over-50 having sex on screen. It’s so rare, in fact, that the sex scenes […]

October 22, 2015 0
Imaging intimacy: Challenging stereotypes of age, sex and health

Imaging intimacy: Challenging stereotypes of age, sex and health

  I recently came across this fabulous project led by Andy Chen. The project involved designing a sexual health promotion […]

September 6, 2015 0

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