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(Fox News)   Women grow increasingly satisfied with their sex lives after they turn 40, a new study suggests.

For some, that heightened satisfaction comes from having great sex; for others, it stems from the fact that while their sexual activity has decreased, so has their desire, the survey showed.

The researchers surveyed a group of women between ages 40 and 100, with a median age of 67. Half of the responders said they were sexually active, and most of those women said they were able to become aroused, maintain lubrication and achieve orgasm during sex, even after the age of 80.

“I was surprised by how many people were completely satisfied over the age of 80,” said study researcher Elizabeth Barrett-Connor. The number of women who weren’t sexually active but still expressed satisfaction surprised her as well. “I think there’s a whole range of reasons people might be sexually satisfied,” she said.

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