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What Actually Happens To Your Libido In Your 30s, 40s, & 50s

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Emma Chao/Scary Mommy; Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)When I turned 43 a couple of months ago, I noticed something was… different. Not just the tinsel of gray hairs poking out from my scalp or the disordered sleep I was suddenly experiencing, but something more frustrating for a woman who writes about sex for a living: my libido. I felt disconnected. I wasn’t as horny as I used to be and, needless to say, I was annoyed.“Great, now I have to worry about sex too?” I thought, mentally adding it to the growing list of perimenopause grievances.But here’s the thing: A change in sex d...

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