{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/696913fda3b74ba76b3085cc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Does male sex drive peak at forty? - The Saturday Story ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1768577847304-8cbb7f4a-d672-4182-b338-7c14f6fab5fd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A new study has revealed a surprising truth: men’s sex drive peaks in their early forties. As a man hitting this milestone, Ben Machell explores what makes midlife libido so potent, from confidence and emotional stability, to life experience. We dive into why testosterone isn’t everything, how stress affects younger men, and what makes fortysomething men the “libido elite.”</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Read by:</strong> Ben Machell, features writer, The Times, and Zak Asgard, contributor. The Times.</p><p><strong>Producer:</strong> Dave Creasey.</p><p><strong>Read more: </strong><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/sex-relationships/article/men-forties-sex-gh5vqg7nb?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqeZ-BXT9F5KPIhZITFH1NdlFPBpgkIpsrewDouvTci1X28DlE9OO1EaQMvriAQ%3D&amp;gaa_ts=696a5ef7&amp;gaa_sig=F_UWkBO9MsWfArOrTGK-4l_Sfa869kU5HVeWN6i-0UzylRz45E1AeJgU2rirVVlOIr-EtIQZvQEBda4L6Ikidg%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I’m 43. Are men my age really having more sex than anyone else?</a></p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>Working Title/Universal.</p><p><strong>Photo: </strong>Getty.</p><p><strong>Get in touch:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:thestory@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestory@thetimes.com</a></p>","author_name":"The Times"}