年長女性的親密關係之文獻探討

親密關係在不同的生命週期有不同的定義，隨著台灣社會的老年化，許多人認為「人老了就不需要性了」，但是研究顯示無論年齡大小，性生活都是生活中重要的一部分，「性」也是親密關係其中一個層次，即使身體變老了，女性對於性的幻想或對愛情的浪漫都仍存在，而年長的男性在結婚的比例比女性高。因社會結構的變化，老年人的親密關係也產生變化，本文以「二進權力論點」及「依賴交換理論」探討有偶女性的親密關係，分析研究中單身女性的約會型態、有偶及單身女性親密關係的兩者差異、影響親密關係的因素及最後以SWOT（優勢、弱勢、機會及威脅）分析，協助年長女性更加了解個人親密關係的內部情境條件的優勢、弱勢，及外在環境的各種機會與威脅，希望能引起社會大眾對年長女性親密關係的重視及跳脫過去刻板印象，也希望他們應更關注自我需求，轉化過去的生活歷練為自我的優勢，而非改變自我符合社會對老年女性角色的期望。

關鍵字

有偶年長女性；單身年長女性；親密關係

並列摘要

Intimacy has different definitions in different time periods. With the aging of Taiwanese society, many people think that elders don't need to have a sexual life. However, the researches show that sex is an important part of life regardless of age. ＂Sex＂ is also one form of intimacy. Even for elder women, when their bodies get old, they still have sexual fantasies or romance about love. For older men, the rate of getting married is higher than women. Due to the changes in the society, the intimacy of the elderly has also changed as well. This article first uses the Dyadic Power and Dependence Exchange Theory to explore the intimate relationship of women with partners, and summary the dating patterns for single women and their intimacy relationship in the research, and then the differences between these two types of intimacy, factors affecting intimacy, and finally utilizing SWOT model (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) to analyze intimacy for elder women to have a better understanding their strengths, weaknesses, and externalities and the internal situations. The researcher hope that the public can pay more attention to the intimacy of older women and break the stereotypes about sex from the past and elder women should focus on their own needs more and transform their past life experiences into their own advantages rather than to change themselves to meet society's expectations as older women's roles.

並列關鍵字

older women with partners ； single older women ； intimate relationship

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