At 15:45 on 11 February 1986, Channel 4’s programme for the elderly Years Ahead turned to sex. This special Valentine’s Day edition conceded that society was oblivious to intimate desire in later life. And yet, change was on the horizon. Marjorie Proops, co-host of that episode, stated that ‘attitudes are changing’, and so Years Ahead set out to guide even more seniors towards ‘sexual freedom’.
Continue reading ‘Enjoy your bodies!’: Writing the History of Sexuality in Later Life through 1980s British TelevisionAuthor: Lukas Herde
After an undergraduate degree in Cultural Studies at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and a Masters in Global History at FU Berlin and HU Berlin with study visits at Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) and University College London, Lukas Herde is now part of the ERC BodyCapital project at the University of Strasbourg.