This study analyses, by use of qualitative research, the sexual intercourse, the conditions and interferences to menopaused women. We interviewed fifteen women between May and June, 1992, some at SESI (Pajuçara) , Health Center (Macunã) in Maracunaú and others living in Fortaleza. Women reported that menopause was a difficult time in their lives, they felt some disconfort as headache, vaginal haemorrhage, sexual uninterest and sexual tireness.
Menopause; Sexuality