Comments from insensitive partners and pressure from media images of perfection can make women, who are already conscious of their changing bodies, uncomfortable with nudity and their exuality, says Áilín Quinlan.

SEX is for the young. That’s the message we are drip fed by the media.

You’ve been with your husband or partner for years, gradually settling into a routine of sex once or twice a week — the all-night passion of the glory a distant memory — but lately he seems to want more and more sex.