Is “sexy” what you want to be in your mid-80’s?

I absolutely agree, but I found myself thinking about the title of the thread and its implicit assumption that women in their 80s were no longer interested in sex.

As I said appearing sexually attractive, has nothing to do with dressing and acting in an overtly cliched way, but just having that certain something that attracts someone.

I think that's a mans idea of sexy. And sorry but a man who holds a particularly sexist view of women.

Galaxy

I think that's a mans idea of sexy. And sorry but a man who holds a particularly sexist view of women.

Perhaps some men would find that dress sexy.
Mine doesn't (he saw the photo and title to thread).
Sexy is in the eye of the person looking.

M0nica

I absolutely agree, but I found myself thinking about the title of the thread and its implicit assumption that women in their 80s were no longer interested in sex.

As I said appearing sexually attractive, has nothing to do with dressing and acting in an overtly cliched way, but just having that certain something that attracts someone.

Yes.
Also, the implication that you need black latex with red trimmings to be sexy is very reminiscent of the joke that men buy black or red lacy underwear for their wives on Valentine’s Day.

but I found myself thinking about the title of the thread and its implicit assumption that women in their 80s were no longer interested in sex

Please don't assume- you know what it makes don't you?.

Some women will still be interested in sex at that age and some won’t, just like most other ages probably.Am guessing it’s not high on the list for 90 somethings tho.🤔

Enjoying sex is not necessarily the same thing as “looking sexy” particularly in that clichéd tarty way (black latex, red lacing or scarlet corset and black lace etc)
Actually IMO the effect would be the opposite of attractive, in fact grotesque .
But don’t put words in my mouth M0nica I tend to say what I mean and mean what I say.

Yes, but what is sexy, some people can look sexy dressed in a plastic bag. For some women it is something built into them. I went to school with a girl who really was a Plain Jane, but even in school uniform, worn as the nuns approves,, she was aa boy magnet - and none of us could work out why. She hated it.

I am not putting any words in your mouth. I am reading the words you wrote - and the words your wrote were Is “sexy” what you want to be in your mid-80’s To which my response is why would anyone suppose thaat someone wouldn't want to look sexy in their 80s, and why is this question even being asked. There must be a reason and the one that is most frequent is that older women are meant to be sexless nurturers of the younger generation and younger people are really uncomfortable with the idea that we might also have sexual desires and, horrors of horrors, be sexually active.

I absolutely agree, but I found myself thinking about the title of the thread and its implicit assumption that women in their 80s were no longer interested in sex
No @ M0nica - you say my words contained the implicit assumption etc.
1) I did /do not assume anything of the sort- so there was no “assumption
2) I say what I mean, so if I had meant that I would have said it explicitly - so there was nothing implicit

It helps to read the words of a post without making 2+2 make 7, leaping to conclusions, or getting the wrong end of the stick.

At the risk of repetition, what I said was
Laying my cards on the table
1) I don’t think black latex is “sexy” - I think it looks tarty and that is NOT the same thing
2) black and scarlet are such an unimaginative and hackneyed combination if looking glamorous is the intention
3) with trainers?
4) I think Prue Leith has her own, colourful style. I love the big glasses, the bold necklaces and adventurous colours - she generally looks fantastic.
“Sexed up” is not her style and it depresses me that yet another man seems to equate looking sexy with looking attractive.

I thought "sexed up" meant attempting to make someone more sexually attractive to others. Prue is attractive, the dress? chosen for her is ugly and decidedly not sexy, in my opinion. Horrid headline.

Sex is enjoyable, I doubt love making has an end date.

Noting Prue's age in the news bit was meant to pull one into the article, I'd think. Same to "sexy" in the thread title. People love sex.

The thread title said "sexy" not sexy.
There is a difference

Quote marks can also be a pair of quotation marks put around a word or phrase to indicate that a writer believes a term is inappropriate, wants to use a term ironically, or wants to call attention to a word/phrase for a certain reason
It should be clear what my opinion of "sexy" was, used in this context

Personally, I think the outfit is ugly, but in a way, Prue comes over as sexy in it, because she is clearly happy and enjoying herself, which is very attractive in itself…..

As someone in their 80s, we can definitely be sexy.
Or atleast my husband seems to think so…