On Sale: Feb 10, 2026
Page Count: 272 pages
Publisher: Balance
ISBN-13: 9780306837401

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A roadmap for midlife women, couples, clinicians and anyone wanting to understand the societal, historical and physiological effects of how we age sexually and how to resolve and treat issues.

Sex in midlife can be a bumpy road, especially for women. Our bodies change with age, and those changes can lead to shame, confusion, embarrassment, loss of desire to be intimate, and even the destruction of a relationship. The Bedroom Gap is a roadmap for midlife women, for couples, for clinicians and for anyone who wants to understand the societal, historical, and physiological effects of how we age, sexually speaking. It not only clarifies what the physical changes of menopause are and how they affect our midlife sex lives, it also details how society developed destined-to-fail gender roles and expectations in the bedroom and makes clear how we can change them, narrow the discrepancy in sexual desires, expectations and sometimes functioning between midlife men and women, and embrace new possibilities for sex in midlife.

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Maria Sophocles, MD

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Maria Sophocles, MD is a gynecologist and thought leader in menopause and female sexual function. An advocate for women’s health for the past 30 years, she has fought for legislation to secure contraceptive access in New Jersey; is working to develop menopause work and education policies, and is pushing the FDA to change the misleading boxed warning on vaginal estrogen. She founded a progressive gynecology practice in 2008 which now serves over 30,000 women. A sought after speaker and frequent commentator on Sirius XM’s “Doctor Radio,” her viral TED talk explores what happens to sex in midlife. She is currently developing a women’s health clinic in rural Kenya, and working on a documentary about Sex and Menopause.

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