Hormonal changes are a massive aspect of anyone’s life, and at 59 years of age, Brooke Shields is getting more candid than ever before about how her sex life has evolved.
In her new memoir, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, the actor unravels her inner thoughts about aging as a woman, and in the book’s tenth chapter, she talks specifically about her attitude toward sex.
“I had a fervent sex drive when I was young, but I never felt like I could step into that appetite in the way that I wanted to,” she writes as she recalls having sex for the first time with her college boyfriend at 22 years old.
Confessing that she didn’t fully embrace sex in her 20s, Brooke says she wishes she’d “just let the lust take over” — particularly now that her desire to have sex has diminished somewhat.
Getting brutally honest in the book about the more recent changes she’s observed in her body and how they’ve impacted her sexuality, Brooke says: “In my natural state I feel less appealing to him than I ever did before.”
Brooke says she was “fine with” the decline in her sex life and that it wasn’t until her doctor reminded her about the value of sex in a relationship that she decided it was time to reassess the imbalance in her hormones.
Despite her resolve, Brooke explains that she still finds sex “painful” — primarily due to an invasive vaginal rejuvenation procedure a male doctor gave her without her consent — and now implements “lotions and potions” to make it fun and enjoyable, as sex should be.
Brooke’s memoir, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman, is available to purchase now.
