“…For many, sexual expression, pleasure and identity remains important as they age, although research also indicates there is diversity amongst older adults in this regard (Field et al, 2013;Fileborn et al, 2015a;Fileborn, Thorpe, Hawkes, Minichiello, & Pitts, 2015b;Gott & Hinchliff, 2003;Gott, Hinchliff & Galena, 2004;Lindau, Leitsch, Lundberg, & Jerome, 2006;Minichiello, Plummer & Loxton, 2004). Changes in social norms in the Englishspeaking West regarding the acceptability of divorce and re-partnering after divorce or the death of a partner also mean that there are greater opportunities for initiating new sexual and romantic relationships in older age (Bateson, Weisberg, McCaffery, & Luscombe, 2012;DeLamater, 2012;DeLamater & Koepsel, 2015;Idso, 2009;Nash, Willis, Tales, & Cryer, 2015). Accompanying advances in technology and the development of online dating have facilitated the process of finding sexual and romantic partners in middle and later life (Bateson et al, 2012;Malta, 2007;Malta & Farquharson, 2014).…”