Sexual Relationships 
Sexual Health 
In my time on GirlsAskGuys, I have seen many questions and opinions pertaining to the act of having sex while a woman is menstruating. We all fondly (or not so fondly?) refer to it as period sex, and there is always a divide on those that are interested in it and those that go, "Ohhhh, HELL NO. That is icky!" I have been on both sides of this issue, so I wanted to write a myTake for you lovely folks on the pros and cons of period sex and some tips to help you prepare for it if you do wish to partake in it.
First off, I do not believe I need to explain any further what period sex is. You all are smart enough to get the basics... I hope. If not, Google is your friend. Secondly, what is written here is not all-inclusive and is by no means the end-all, be-all when it comes to this subject. It is simply a guide to assist you. You may get a few surprises if you do end up doing the do in the Red Sea. Enter at your own peril... ;P
Let's get to it!
Pros:
- It is perfectly safe and natural to have sex while a woman is menstruating. It still brings partners closer together and lets them have their intimacy with less limitations.
- Many women still say making love during that time of the month can help reduce menstrual cramps and end periods sooner. Face it, ladies, who doesn't want that? Men, trust me, you want that, too. That means less of your boothang whining about wanting chocolate and to murder every living thing.
- "Menstruation could actually be a turn-on of sorts. That’s because your estrogen and testosterone are low on day 1, but they start to rise by day 3. 'Some women report they feel more aroused and more sensitive around this time,' according to Tara Ford, a physician assistant at the Medical Center for Female Sexuality in Purchase, New York." Guess what, gentlemen? That could mean your woman is all over you, just begging for you to join her in the shower.
- The flow from your period can be used as lubrication and help speed up the arousal process since it may be harder to do foreplay your typical way during this time.
Cons:
- Yes, you may still get blood on your skin. It may look gross. It may smell gross. You have been warned, but you will live.
- The thing about reducing menstrual cramps? Okay, it may not work for every woman. Just had to throw that in here, though I am sure you realize that.
- Some people assume that they do not need wear a condom if they have sex while the woman is menstruating because she will not get pregnant. FALSE. Don't be silly, wrap your willy. You can still make a baby during this time.
- You can still get STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) at any time on a woman's cycle as well. Again, the condom will help reduce these risks.
Tips:
While you may have heard of some or all of these before, they are always worth repeating.
- Use a dark towel or blanket, preferably an old one that you can use just for this occasion. That way, if any blood should get onto it, it is harder to see and not on your good sheets.
- Try to stick to positions that will decrease the amount of blood that flows out. This means you should focus on woman on bottom positions or both of you on your sides.
- Going at it in the shower while she is on her period is an excellent way to reduce mess and to make both of you feel cleaner while doing so. It washes away any blood as it slips out, and there is no worry about wiping it away later or needing to put a ton of Resolve® stain remover on your comforter.
- Keeping an extra old towel nearby may help for clean-up as well.
- Have the guy wear a condom. That way, less mess gets on him and it allows for easy clean-up once you both are finished.
- Ladies, please make sure your dude is on-board with fucking during this time of the month. Do not surprise him in the moment. Tell him beforehand and determine if you both want to continue.
I know it seems gross, especially to the girls, but I can tell you from experience that it is not as bad it seems. I used to be 100% against it, but have changed my ways. As long as you are not too much in pain or bleeding heavily, maybe give it a go one day. If you do not like it, you do not have to do it again. If you do like it, you have just discovered a full week of more sexy time fun with your man. Just my two cents, but there you have it, ladies and gentlemen - a short, maybe not-so-sweet myTake on what you may be getting into and need to know when having period sex.
#BATTLEROYALE #TeamRJ #dontbeasally ;)
What Girls & Guys Said
16 37Good take!
Thank you! :)
Great take
Thank you, my dear. 😊
Well done. Also doesn't need to be dark towels. Red towels work as well ;)
Thanks so much! Hah, very good point. Maroon, brown, black, etc... all good choices, folks! DON'T USE WHITE.
Put a towel down or do it in the shower. After menopause it's a non-issue. But then, so is the drive. LOL
You've got it, haha.
Now when's the take on the pros/cons of going down on a chick when she's on the rag coming out?
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You stole my phrase Heather: "Dont be silly, wrap your willy" 😜
Period sex isn't gross at all really. she's horny asf and we'll I'm horny asf all the time. Little blood ain't gonna stop me! Plus it helps with cramps. Definitely a win win in my book lol. Its something where you can't knock it till you try it tho. Boyis it may seem gross but wrap a condom on and do it in the shower. Just try it.
Pleaseeee. Don't take credit for something written long ago. You're not that old. :P Yep, you got it, though: "Don't knock it 'til you try it." I was repulsed and self-conscious with the idea of it for the longest time. Once I was actually encouraged enough to go for it, I realized it wasn't that bad at all. Honestly, there has never even been that much blood.
Fiiiinnnneeee it's just my favorite condom saying 😜 Yeah its not a lot of blood there is some and if you do it in the shower like you said it reduces the mess. My last ex she was always against it because her boobs hurt right before and during her period and her well let's just say bouncing up and down was a turnoff to her lol. If that's the case light massaging can increase the bloodflow to the boobs and help with the pain. That can also be very intimate and get you both going. That gif tho 😉
Ahhh, yeah, the breast pain is real. I can see her issue there. Don't put her on top and lean over her during missionary or something like that and hold them in place. That might help.
Ex Heather. Now I got you 😉😉 hahah
Awesome =) Thank you for sharing this!
I'm always gladly volunteering to have sex at any time and blood with bacterias will not stop me from drilling someone :) with a preservative that is!
AND SHOWER SEX <3 *o* I crave to try it!
You're most welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :) Yeah, I haven't had shower sex either, so... maybe that'll happen one of these days.
If I just could meet one of the good ladies, who would love sex as much as I do, I would be more than happy to help them surviving their menstrual cycles._. like really :(
Shower sex is, in my experience, vastly overrated. The water rinses away a lot of the natural lubricant your body produces actually making it considerably less pleasant.
@ProbablyTooMature Each to their own. But still, I'm a virgin and I am into shower sex, as in, I crave it anyway. In my experience masturbating in shower amplifies my sexual pleasure and results in better and more intense orgasms than in bed or wanking in front of my monitor. I seem to have some kind of connection with water =)
Period sex: A How To
Her: I want all things that hurt me to die in a fire, but silently.
Him: (She's joking, right? right?)
Her: Hey honey, can you get me some chocolate?
Him: (Running as fast as he can) I NEED CHOCOLATE, STAT!!! WE ARE IN DEFCON 1 HERE PEOPLE!!!
Him: (Notices her hot pad, grabs it and warms it) Ok, chocolate, hotpad, midol, and The Notebook. We've got this.
Her (After everything): (Sobbing from final scene of The Notebook) I love you so much! Waaaah!
Him: I love you too.
Her: I want every part of your body right now. Shower. Now.
Basically, this happens once a month or so for me. Life is indeed good.
😂😂😂 Thank you for sharing.
Good sex sometimes is messy... I don't mind if the woman I have sex with is on her period.
Yep, exactly. Sex can be messy either way.
yess i like ♡
Thank you!
i've probably announced this on here 20 times but 3rd/4th day suddenly i'm sooooo anxious ♪
just did this last week \(//∇//)\
Haha, I'm almost the same.
guys tend to get freaked out by the visual though
It really is the hold-up for many. I get it. It really isn't bad, though.
Thanks! You made me not scared of it anymore! I was afraid it would be WAAAAYY messier and I didn't even think of the shower.
Yay! Mission accomplished! 😊 It truly isn't as bad as it seems. I promise.
And you know what? if I love the girl, nothing will be too gross for me.
That definitely counts a lot.
To me the idea is inherently off-putting and on top of that, a perfect example of women trying to normalize everything that can interpreted as 'gross' about their bodies.
I've read your take. The Pros are pretty not convincing.
Totally fine. That's your choice. Thanks for reading either way.
I'd argue that it's not fine at all when looking at the bigger narrative that women want to shove down men's throats, but I'll keep that can of worms closed. And sure, no problem.
No one is shoving anything down your throat. No one is forcing you to have sex while a woman is on her period. I just provided some information on the topic. If you don't want to do it after reading more about it, then that is up to you. There are plenty of men and women still not into it for various reasons. However, if you read through the opinions listed here, there are people who are up for it given the pros and cons.
You know that this take wasn't "HAVE PERIOD SEX, NOW!" but "If you want to try period sex, here are some pros and cons, and if you still decide to, here are some tips" It's not a new thing, we've been doing this for a while
@FallOutBoy2001 Precisely, haha. Thanks for the support.
@FallOutBoy2001 Sure, I know. But nowadays, do a search for 'period sex' on the internet and you stumble upon article upon article from feminist sources, telling you how normal and not gross and natural and #bodypositive and #periodpositive it is. It's a joke.
It is pretty normal, in the sense that we've been doing it for thousands of years. Not saying that you have to do it, but you seem to be in the minority here (look around at the other men) because almost everyone else seems to be enjoying it, so maybe, just maybe, it isn't just a feminist thing
@FallOutBoy2001 "we've been doing it for thousands of years" Yes, the only difference being that thousands of years ago, you simply fucked and life was simple.
Yeah... Your point being?
@FallOutBoy2001 Because you are now growing up in a society that didn't exist back then. This is a society where everything that can be seen as even remotely off-putting about a woman's body is aggressively celebrated as fantastic; 'fuck anyone who disagrees'. Men get shamed for having preferences and standards, while women are mostly free to speak or act any way they want. In the West that is. Most articles I've read in favor period sex (way before this Take) all have subte and not-so-subtle feminist undertones, convincing women that your guy is not a real guy if he doesn't want to engage in it ('men, grow up!'). That's toxic, to both men and women. So you see, it's not so much the act itself I despise. It's how it's used as just another tool to aide the feminist narrative. And modern feminists sadly get taught that the opinion of men does not matter. That men themselves, do not matter.
@FallOutBoy2001 Furthermore, if your indicated age is your real age, I do not expect you to fully grasp what I'm trying to say here. Not because you're a dumb teenager or anything, but because I'm almost twice your age, and still remember what it was like to grow up in a time where women weren't nearly as spoiled and entitled as they are today. Where society as a whole seemed calmer and certainly saner. Times have changed, and from the perspective of 'the average guy', not for the better.
"This is a society where everything that can be seen as even remotely off-putting about a woman's body is aggressively celebrated as fantastic" Examples? Not to say I disagree about the different society
@FallOutBoy2001 If I have to give you only one example of that it would be fat acceptance and plus-sized modeling (which ranges from anywhere to legitimately curvy, which is fine, to body types which are simplty medically obese). This movement basically tells women that it's okay, even fantastic to be way too overweight. They make fun of "skinny" people and lash out against anyone who tries to talk sense into them. It is basically, a cult. A cult who has at least part of the media on their side, making things only worse. Googling 'fat acceptance dangers' will get you plenty of stuff to read. But this is just an example.
@FallOutBoy2001 Also, there is no fat-acceptance movement for men. The 'dadbod' thing failed and I doubt most men would be interested in joining such a movement in the first place. They know they're fat and that they got only themselves to blame.
Yeah I never agreed with fat (as in, morbidly obese) acceptance, but I will agree with a lot of people, curvy women and women who are bigger, but not like morbidly obese (you know what I'm talking about) are actually quite hot
I never let it stop me. And you make many good points, like about estrogen levels and sex drive
Thanks! Yeah, it's not true for all, but it works out well for others.
Worked well for a couple girls I know (intimate with one). They referred to oral during that time as an "Italian dinner". lol!
Lots of red sauce apparently.
Exactly, though not as much as you'd expect
Nah, I've never had a lot of blood during that time.
Easily do - able
That's why Women should have sex with vampires if they don't they are racists against their own kind. This is the down fall of god, god wants us to have sex with something we have little in common with or evolution wants us to make babies with these sexy pieces of thingy things or something like that derka. I am such a noble guy that I wouldn't mind if all women had sex with male vampires cause then they would be truly happy with each other.
You're a ray of sunshine and optimism.
Funny! :)
Of course ^_^
Not my thing
No worries. Up to you. 😊
But I don't want to wrap my silly :(
Good thing you're not the one doing the wrapping. He is. :P
I have a silly willy 😱
A tiny one?
No, don't be shy!! You've seen it! Why are you saying it's tiny? :(
I don't want anyone else wanting it!
towel or shower and go!
You know what's up! 😏
yeah but a couple of extra lessons from an expert wouldn't be bad 😏
Well then, I'll keep this in mind for the future :-)
Sweet!
Women are so fucking horny during their periods (maybe around the end of it I guess?) But yeah totally, one dude mentioned the shower. Stand up sex it is! ;)
Yes, I noted the shower, too. 😜 Have at it.
Nothing like "dancing" in the dark during a big thunder storm. Music blaring to hide the moans and wet slapping noises AND no clean up from either person hahaha ;))
I'll keep that in mind , good information
Great! Thank you. 😊
You're welcome