In the context of satisfaction in sex as people grow older, which of the following is correct?

A. Aging affects the sexual lives of heterosexual men earlier and more adversely than it affects heterosexual women.
B. Cultural taboos may discourage older single or widowed women from having active sexual relationships.
C. Older women tend to be more sexually liberal than younger women.
D. Men outnumber women in the aging population.
E. Earlier female mortality rate limits the availability of sexual partners for men.


Answer: B

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