Overview

A roadmap for midlife women, couples, clinicians and anyone wanting to understand - and change -- the societal, historical and physiological effects of our Sexspan. Sex in midlife can be a bumpy road, especially for women. Our bodies change with age, and those changes can lead to shame, confusion, and the loss of intimacy. The Bedroom Gap shows us how society developed destined-to-fail gender roles and expectations in the bedroom and makes clear how we can level the playing field between midlife men and women. This pathbreaking yet easily accessible guide not only clarifies the physical changes of menopause and how they affect sex in midlife, it also details how we can treat those changes, reframe our views on pleasure and desire, narrow the discrepancy in sexual functioning between middle age men and women, and optimize sexual pleasure after 40.

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A powerful, long-overdue exploration of the silent struggles women face in midlife around intimacy, identity, and inequality. --Dr. Mary Claire Haver, New York Times bestselling author The New Menopause Dr. Maria Sophocles has done what medicine has failed to do for decades: center women's real experiences in midlife sexual health. The Bedroom Gap blends evidence, history, and unflinching truth telling in a way that is both deeply validating and refreshingly actionable.--Dr. Kelly Casperson, bestselling author of You Are Not Broken and the Menopause Movement I hear it every day - sex after menopause feels different, harder, sometimes impossible. The Bedroom Gap is the book I wish these women had. It offers real answers, practical solutions, and the confidence to be excited about sex again.--Joanna Strober, co founder and CEO Midi Health The Bedroom Gap is the wake-up call women in midlife have been waiting for. Dr. Maria Sophocles shatters the tired myths about sex, aging and desire - and gives us permission to reclaim pleasure on our own terms.--Stacy London, Style Icon and unapologetic midlife rebel

""The Bedroom Gap is a born bestseller. Fifty years after the publication of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, Maria Sophocles has done it again. This is a must read for all women over 45, and for the men who love them."" --Anne-Marie Slaughter, global leader, scholar, and public intellectual, first woman Director of Policy Planning in the U.S. State Department A powerful, long-overdue exploration of the silent struggles women face in midlife around intimacy, identity, and inequality. --Dr. Mary Claire Haver, New York Times bestselling author The New Menopause Dr. Maria Sophocles has done what medicine has failed to do for decades: center women's real experiences in midlife sexual health. The Bedroom Gap blends evidence, history, and unflinching truth telling in a way that is both deeply validating and refreshingly actionable.--Dr. Kelly Casperson, bestselling author of You Are Not Broken and the Menopause Movement I hear it every day - sex after menopause feels different, harder, sometimes impossible. The Bedroom Gap is the book I wish these women had. It offers real answers, practical solutions, and the confidence to be excited about sex again.--Joanna Strober, co founder and CEO Midi Health The Bedroom Gap is the wake-up call women in midlife have been waiting for. Dr. Maria Sophocles shatters the tired myths about sex, aging and desire - and gives us permission to reclaim pleasure on our own terms.--Stacy London, Style Icon and unapologetic midlife rebel

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Maria Sophocles, MD FACOG, MSCP, IF is an internationally renowned gynecologist and thought leader in menopause and female sexual function. A longtime advocate for women's health, she fought to pass legislation to secure access to contraception in New Jersey in 2023, pioneered the use of carbon dioxide lasers on the vulva and in the vagina to regenerate unhealthy tissue, and started a women's clinic in rural Kenya. A frequent commentator on Sirius XM's ""Doctor Radio"" and TED speaker, Maria lives in Princeton, NJ, where she heads a progressive gynecological clinic that serves over 30,000 women.

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