{"id":18106,"date":"2017-09-14T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=18106"},"modified":"2018-12-08T17:27:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T17:27:50","slug":"court-rules-that-for-women-over-50-sex-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/erectile-dysfunction\/court-rules-that-for-women-over-50-sex-is-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Rules That for Women Over 50, Sex Is Important"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>he European Court of Human Rights rules that sex is important for women of all ages. The court upheld a lower court settlement ordering a hospital to compensate an older woman for a botched medical procedure that made it painful and almost impossible for her to have sex.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Although the soaring sales of erectile dysfunction drugs, such as Viagra, Levitra and Cialis, have shown without a doubt that sex is important to men of all ages — including those well over 50, it took a court in France to do the same for women.<\/p>\n

After a botched surgery in 1995 that left her incontinent, depressed, barely able to sit or walk, and in such pain that she couldn\u2019t have sex, then-50-year-old Maria Ivone Carvalho Pinto de Sousa Morais sued the hospital that performed the operation.<\/p>\n

Hospital Ordered to Pay<\/h3>\n

She won, and the court ordered the hospital to pay her the equivalent of $93,000 for physical and mental suffering plus another $19,000+ for a maid to help with daily chores. But a year later, Portugal\u2019s Supreme Administrative Court made a very sexist decision: it reduced her compensation by one-third. Why?<\/p>\n

The court said:<\/p>\n

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  1. Morais \u201cprobably only needed to take care of her husband,\u201d since her children were grown.<\/li>\n
  2. That sex was probably less important to Morais because she was 50 and had two children.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Reversal<\/h3>\n

    Morais, now 72, took her case to the European Court of Human Rights in France.<\/p>\n

    The court agreed with Morais that the reasoning for decreasing the payment was flawed and biased. The 5-2 majority ruling stated, in part: \u201cThe question at issue here is not consideration of age or sex as such, but rather the assumption that sexuality is not as important for a 50-year-old woman and mother of two children as for someone of a younger age. That assumption reflects a traditional idea of female sexuality as being essentially linked to childbearing purposes and thus ignores its physical and psychological relevance for the self-fulfillment of women as people.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Morais’ lawyer plans to reopen the lawsuit and head back to Portugal for greater damages.<\/p>\n

    The Moral of the Story<\/h3>\n

    Don\u2019t assume that women over 50 don\u2019t see sex as an important physical and psychological component of their lives!<\/p>\n

    If you\u2019re suffering from low testosterone, disinterest in sex, or erectile dysfunction, talk to your doctor about your options. Something as simple as testosterone injections or erectile dysfunction drugs, such as Viagra, Cialis or Levitra, may be all it takes to keep you both satisfied with your sex life!<\/p>\n

    Ordering your ED drugs from a longtime online facilitator such as eDrugstore.com can often save you both time and money. Based in Tempe, Arizona, eDrugstore carries a full line of ED medications, including both brand-name and generic products. To learn more, visit its Erectile Dysfunction page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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