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This study explores how the sexual discourse of the elderly has been constructed and circulated in Korean society from a feminist perspective. The sexual discourse resists the sexual taboo and prejudice against the elderly in traditional culture and insists the sexual right for the elderly. It howev...

This study explores how the sexual discourse of the elderly has been constructed and circulated in Korean society from a feminist perspective. The sexual discourse resists the sexual taboo and prejudice against the elderly in traditional culture and insists the sexual right for the elderly. It however needs to be critically questioned whether the elderly women’s experiences and sexual desire are reflected in this discourse of sexuality of the elderly. This study analyses the sexual discourse of the elderly through the various materials of media, such as newspapers, magazines, movies and TV programs. As a result of the research, it is found that the sexual discourse of the elderly has mainly focused on the men’s sexual activities and biological function in terms of sexual health. It ignores the multiplicity of the sexuality in the context of relationships including emotional interests, mutual interaction and gender differences. While the men’s sexual desire becomes more recognizable and active until the old age, it even justifies the commercial sex and sexual violence performed by man. In short, male-oriented sexual discourse of the elderly contributes to reenforce the male-dominated sexual culture in Korean society. Deconstructing the discourse of sexuality of the elderly from the elderly women’s position means to produce the counter sexual discourse considering sexuality as multiple pleasure, relationship, intimacy, slowness, and vitality that is able to be a challenge against androcentric and heterosexual culture.

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