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Period Sex: The Good, the Bad, and the Messy

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.

Period Sex: The Good, the Bad, and the Messy

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.

Period Sex: The Good, the Bad, and the Messy

- 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.

Period Sex: The Good, the Bad, and the Messy

- 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.

Period Sex: The Good, the Bad, and the Messy

- 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 ;)

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Most Helpful Guy

  • Good advice. My current girlfriend is the only girl I've ever been with who wanted period sex; the others never even wanted me to look at them during that time, much less touch them (I referred to it as my "bye week").
    She enjoys it for a variety of reasons, but as you mentioned it helps reduce the pressure and cramping. Plus even though she feels miserable at times, she seems to be much more aroused at times as well. It's a strange week in our house lol

    • Yeah, it really depends on the woman. Some want to be totally left alone, and others want to jump your bones. I think you're set as long as she doesn't want to rip your face off. 😜

    • LOL yeah that would be bad

Most Helpful Girl

  • One day i will do this, kinda want my boyfriend and I to have our own place first.

    • Yeah, don't mess up your parents' sheets. 😝

    • Well they are my sheets, it'll just be easier with the walk to the bathroom to get rid of the tampon then the walk back afterwards to put a new one in. And I'll have to ease him into the idea, I get awful cramps and it'd be a great way to fix them.

    • Yeah, I get that, too. You'll figure it out. :)

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  • Lol my sex drive is always pretty lit, but, days 1-6 I get downright sexually aggressive. I'm like... a predatory animal, at that time of the month.

    I mean, srsly... I get this almost blind lust-rage.
    It's intense enough that I want to claw and bite and ride and grind the everloving shit out of my husband, over and over and over again, until he's an exhausted bloody mess.

    Hey, at least the "bloody mess" part is guaranteed. <3

    • I get really bad a few days before and during it, too. It's definitely an animalistic sort of experience, haha. Those darn hormones...

    • Ikr?
      I'm not one of those uncontrollable-PMS types, but, my sweet lawd, when I look back at some of the messages I send him during that time of the month? ahahaahh

      like, I was scrolling through the messages I'd sent him, to find some contact info or another, and I saw one I'd sent last month that was like "You better be ready for me boy. I'm gna paint yr face with my blood... or with yours"

      👀 I'm like, uh, I don't even really remember writing that? but fuck that's hot...

      It's partly his fault, too. He totally eggs me on. This also happened around That Same Time of Month (and probably explains the "... or yours" in that message):
      www.girlsaskguys.com/.../q2050608-if-my-friend-told-me-to-hit-him-for-20-bucks-was-it-still-wrong

    • Oh, my gosh! That's a huge part of the problem. If the guy knows like that, he'll push and do everything to get you to jump him and act like the biggest slut. xD

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  • What is so complicated about this subject? If two people want to have sex, whether or not the female is on her menstrual cycle or not is irrelevant. If neither partner cares nor worries about having sex while the girl is having her ‘period’ then by all means have sex. It really is that simple. Sex is an amazing experience to share. Having sex feels great. I’ve known some females who have better orgasms while on their period, because they’ve confessed they feel the penis in their vagina more accurately. Again, if it feels good to both and both are okay with the sex being messier this time around and there being more clean up involved, then go for it. That’s the bottom line.

    • I'm totally with you. However, it is still taboo according to many people. Perhaps by letting them know how to go about feeling cleaner and sharing that it is safe will encourage others to give it a try.

    • Completely agree. True, it is still taboo according to others, but so is having sex in any other position beyond missionary, but that's slowly changing. I believe the opinion of this can change too, especially as you say we give advice on how to feel cleaner during and after sex when a girl is on her period and ensuring people that it is indeed safe and to give it a try and experience it for themselves.

    • Yep, so the concept of period sex isn't difficult. I'm just trying to get rid of some of the stigma if at all possible.

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  • I have been down the red road before, and my thoughts on this, are that if she is wanting to have sex with me at that time then I'm fine with it, the only thing I will object to is going down on her, well for obvious reasons, my only other concerns are focused on if I'm hurting her or not, I say this not because I'm so much of a "man" down there or that I'm especially rough, just that typically I associate blood with pain, and so the first time I had this experience I was a little shocked and kept asking her if she was okay. Of course she was, and she enjoyed the sex we had, since then I have had period sex a few other times, all experiences were positive for both of us albeit a little mess as you indicated above, but we were both satisfied and yes it did help her with her pain and it did shorten her cycle a little. Nice take by the way. :-)

    • Ah, yes, totally understandable. Not going down then is something I think most women would agree with, too. 😛 Also, she'll tell you if she's hurting, too. Thanks for checking it out!

  • Happened to me unexpectedly on prom night in the dark, hahaha. My girlfriend at the time and I woke up the next morning to a murder scene😂😂😂 Annnndddd it was in my friend's parents' basement. We took the sheets and crammed them in the middle of a pile of laundry and then I graduated the next and never saw that kid again. He didn't say anything or act weird at graduation, but no way did his mom not find those sheets😅 Sorry, Mrs. Peabody😬

    Anyway, don't be a Henrietta, suck it up and put a towel down, or hit the showers. It won't kill ya👍

    • *graduated the next week

    • Lmao. Oh, my gosh. How could you do that to that nice lady, Steve? She probably thought someone died. :P Thanks for checking it out, though! I always appreciate your stories!

    • Not many venues in my life where it's appropriate to tell that one😅 I felt so bad, his mom was such a nice lady, classic Italian mom, plastic on the couches, force fed you every time you came over. But there was really no other option but to just stash it and run. Actually, now that I think of it, we should have just stolen the sheets. Maybe wash it, and send it back with my friend if it wasn't ruined, he'd understand. 19 years late on that idea😂😂😂

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  • Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees girl!

    • #BATTLEROYALE #TeamRJ Testing, testing...

    • thar she blows

    • HOORAYYYY!

  • FINALLY! A MyTake worth sinking my teeth into; I've said it many times it's not for many guy or gals on GAG I leave for a year or so and then come back and here we are my 2nd night one here and this fucking AWESOME take. You have my infernal gratitude. Period sex was one of the best sex I used to have with my exgf definitely helped with the cramps, the turn on part is also true but it manifested in my exgf has being horny as fuck basically ripping out cloths off and trust me it's one SWEET take. ;P Delicioso !!!

    • Hahaha, I'm happy I have your approval!

  • "- 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."

    Teach me.

    • On how to put on a condom? ;P

      www.plannedparenthood.org/.../condom

      Or did you just not know a woman can still get pregnant then? Haha.

    • Oh lol no. Well, quite honestly, I always put it wrong, in fact, girls do it for me haha. I was asking about getting pregnant. I mean, really? o_O Well damn! Glad I didn't take the risk.

    • Haha, might want to practice then. ;P But yep, it can still happen! Gotta be safe. :)

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  • I'm so glad that's there's a fair bit of positive response. I know I get horny a lot, and on days 3-6 I just feel so damn desperate, I just literally want to jump a guy and grind against anything that works. Plus the extra wetness from the blood ends up turning me on more, is that a thing for anyone else?

    • It's totally normal to feel that way. Your body thinks the blood is your natural lubrication that occurs when you're turned on. Basically, your body is tricking itself into being turned on.

  • Nice myTake Moolady! I agree with wearing the whole condom thing, people you still need to wear it! If guys feel icky and disgusted about having period sex but want sex, chuck a condom on. It'd help keep the dick clean lol easy clean up.. Well for him anyways 😅

    • Thank ya, dear! Yeah, some guys have said they'd go without, though. Even that has me cringing, but, if they and their partners are cool with it, go for it. Haha.

    • Exactly haha if they're cool with it coolios! :) keep up the good work of course love ❤️💋

    • Teach me your ways, and I'll try! ;)

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  • O hell no and my boyfriend wouldn't either. Just messy, smelly and gross situation for him.

    • Totally your choice. :)

  • Most of the girls I've been with are hornier on their periods... which works for me;-P

    For most of them if they have cramps.

    Just extra lube in my book;-)

    • You get it! Haha. I know my hormones are on overload right before and during, give or take of day "I hate everyone and everything" here and there.

    • Sorry to hear that.. Hope it passes soon;-)

    • Thank ya, though I'm not dealing with it currently. I've got a few weeks for the monster hits. xD

  • "Don't be silly, wrap your willy"

    This just made my day look. Great sentence.

    • Hahahaha, oh, man, I'm smiling reading your opinion. xD Thank you.

    • No glove no love...

    • @redeyemindtricks Exactly, haha.

  • Great job - Yeah the shower is a surefire winner for these occasions just makes everything easier.

    • Just be careful to not slip and tumble. You might create even more of a mess in those cases.

    • Very true (LoL, Be safe takes a whole new context)

    • You have sex?

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  • I never understood why people thought it's gross. If/when I get a girlfriend and she wants sex during her periods, I'd be down. Every polished sword needs to taste blood from time to time.

    • Ohhhh, that analogy! Hahaha. I used to feel grossed out because it's still a taboo thing. In addition to already feeling self-conscious about my body, I had to worry about feeling bloated and not feeling clean... and wondering if he noticed as well. Just not a good feeling at all.

    • You give me a bro feeling when you talk like a boss. 👏

    • @YourFutureEx https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/60377245.jpg

  • I tried it once in the shower, didn't finish him off with it. He found it disgusting an so did I. We finished with just a bj like we normally do while ime on my period.

    • Whatever works. :)

  • Blood has never stopped me and it will never stop me from doing the dirty deed!

    #BATTLEROYALE #TeamRJ #dontbeasally ;)

    • Hahahaha, yesssss, John! You push those hashtags! Love it!

  • I've had period sex and it was great. It really shouldn't be a big deal as long as the girl is down for it.

    • I agree with you. :)

  • Nooooo thank you! My uterus makes me want to Lorena Bobbit pretty much every guy I see during my period, so sex is definitely the last thing on my mind.

    • I like the analogy, but I don't like that it makes you feel that way. Stay away from the knives and men during that time!

    • My poor future husband 😂

    • Might want to write your own version of "Dear Future Husband," haha. Warn him cover his familu jewels at all times.

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  • In the words of Louis C. K.

    "Fuck her in her period hole!"

    • Also, let me say, if a guy whines about a little blood on his cock from sex... kick that pussy to the curb.

    • Hahahaha. I love Louis. Good time to share that quote.

  • It isn't bad after the third day or so, really. And more excuses for shower sex so... 😉

    • Yeah, I have certain days that I'm allll for it, haha. No complaints with shower sex either!

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