While you’d be forgiven for thinking biology is behind all this, the key to great sex is actually all in the attitude.

As women age, confidence increases. And while this doesn’t automatically translate into great sex, it does mean that on the whole we’re a whole lot more relaxed.

In fact as women approached their 40s, they rated themselves 10 per cent more confident than 23 – 36-year-olds in terms of how confident and happy they were with their appearance.

Women aged 23 and young, experienced far few orgasms, the study found.

Even if you’re well past 30, it’s likely you’re still enjoying a fairly active sex life, according to a separate study.

The research revealed that at least half of the women who took part were having sex well into their older age, with the majority reporting having an orgasm.

The best part: satisfaction just keeps getting better with age.

Researchers from the National Institute of Aging in the US believe that the misconception that one’s sex life dries up with age comes from past studies that purely documented the decline of sexual activity during midlife through statistics.

Among the women who reported positive changes, several women felt that while frequency of sexual activity had decreased, their satisfaction with sex had increased, the study states.

They attributed these positive changes to higher self-confidence, increased self-knowledge, and better communication skills as they aged.

Then, when it came to describing any negative changes of sex over time, women reported that they weren’t having sex as often as they used to, difficulty reaching orgasm and vaginal dryness.

More women attributed these negative changes to psychosocial stressors, such as family and career, than biological factors such as menopause.

One consequence of people being more sexually active later in life, is that when combined with a high rate of older adults divorcing and changing partners, this has created a conducive environment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among those in middle age and beyond.

In England, rates for chlamydia, the commonest STI, rose 63 per cent among 45-64s between 2011 and 2015 while falling for 15-24s. Yet this is an area of public health that has so far been ignored.

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(Text by bauersyndication.com.au / Additional reporting by Natalya Molok)