Sexualhealthchatsforseniorsurged

CarolEugenePark

Glacier Media

It’s always better to be safe than sorry, no matter a person’s age. This is the reason behind documentarian Jane Johanson’s daughter of Canadian sex expert Sue Johanson partnership with Jems, a condom brand, on the “F---ing Old” campaign to invite Canadian seniors to talk about safe, protected sex. In particular, the campaign encourages younger Canadians, who are comfortable with talking about sex, to educate seniors on sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Despite popular belief that seniors might not be as sexually active as young people, the BC Centre for Disease Control reported that in recent years, the rate of STIs has increased in the older Canadian demographic.

According to a Statistics Canada report, between

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