Menstruation And Sex
December 23, 2008 by rainier
Menstruation and a woman’s menstrual cycle play a very large part in her life. If you consider the average woman starts to menstruate at the age of twelve and continues to do so until she is about fifty years of age, experiences a menstrual period five days in length every twenty-eight days, she spends an average of seven years of her life menstruating. In addition, some aspect of her menstrual cycle may play a part in her daily life for thirty or more years. As a result a woman’s menstrual cycle plays a major part in her and her partner’s sex life.
There are a few risks to sex during menstruation.
Many STD organisms thrive in the rich menstrual flow, so any STD contracted is likely to be worse than if contracted while you were not menstruating. HIV is more easily passed from an infected woman during her menses. Herpes infections often flare up during menstruation, making transmission easier. Some scientists believe that sex during menstruation puts a woman at higher risk of pelvic inflammatory disease.
It should also be noted that, even though this is the time when a woman is least likely to become pregnant, it is not impossible. Don’t use menstruation as a contraceptive, because it doesn’t work.
As a result it is not wise for all couples to engage in all forms of sexual activity during a woman’s period. Couples engaged in a short-term relationship, such as dating, should not exchange body fluids. In a casual dating relationship the only safe form of sex during a woman’s period, or anytime, is mutual masturbation, since no physical contact takes place there is no exchange of body fluids. If a couple is not already exchanging body fluids then barriers need to be used to prevent this from occurring. This can be accomplished by using condoms, dental dams, and plastic wrap. Even if they are, menses may be pretty hard to contain. If a couple is exchanging body fluids, menses still increases the chances that pathogens are transferred from one partner to the other. Keep in mind that during most normal sexual activities minor injuries and bleeding occur and as a result there is always some risk involved when body fluids are exchanged. Sexual activity during a woman’s period just increases that risk.
Read This Information and Apply It To Your Sex Life…
And You Will Never Suffer From Premature Ejaculation Again.
