Sexual-affective diversity in adult women An invisible reality

The social and scientific invisibility of sexual diversity in adult women, as well as a reductionist way to understanding it, has led us to carry out a study with 523 adult women, with an average age of 38.52 years (SD = 6.83), of which 89.3% were considered heterosexual. Three sexual dimensions were evaluated: romantic attraction, sexual attraction and sexual behavior in the past, present and ideal future, on a scale of 1 (only towards the other sex) to 5 (only towards the same sex). The results show a great variety of sexual experiences in the different evaluated dimensions and changes depending on the temporal moment. In addition, a positive relationship between age and exclusively heterosexual attraction and behavior was also observed. These results contribute to the understanding of female sexuality and the design of sex education programs for adult women.