Lube is a necessary part of sex at times.Imagine you’re a woman in a loving relationship, mother to kids who are out of the baby phase so you’re no longer sleep-deprived, and rich enough that your house is not a daily hurricane of mess.  Imagine you’re successful in your career and have the confidence which comes with age; you’re in perimenopause, but you still want to keep your identity.  And you still want to have sex.Now imagine if you told people!Apparently the world can’t handle the fact that a woman over 50 still wants to have sex. Even more shocking is the fact that she wants to enjoy it.Actor Halle Berry, who has been open about her perimenopause journey and her experience of vaginal dryness, shared the new travel size of her vaginal lubricant product on Instagram this week in a Mother’s Day post with her boyfriend, Van Hunt.  Naturally, the comment section exploded and the post went viral.  Headlines may as well have read “Woman over 50 enjoys sex, world loses mind”.As a women’s health and sexual wellbeing advocate – I’m here to tell you that there’s nothing wrong with a little (or a lot of) lube. Vaginal dryness, vaginal atrophy and painful sex are all too common as we age and levels of the hormone oestrogen fall. In fact roughly 50% of perimenopausal women report lower libido and up to 30% poor lubrication, which can lead to painful sex.