In Defense Of Period Sex

I’m a girl. This is gross…diverse and I applaud this site to have the balls to submit this…but it’s gross…really gross….

woman, you are my hero.  that is all.

this is the best article about sex ever

I’m not so sure. If you’ve got super heavy periods and fill up one pad in an hour or so, I’m not sure sex is the way forward. It’ll look like a massacre. Kudos on writing this though, I mean, I’m all for everyone getting what they want when they want it…

Are you insane? I’m a girl and I love period sex. YES. The mess is inconvenient BUT this is very true…>> “This means that your lady is going to be gyrating in ways you’ve never seen her move before, mark my word, this girl is going to ride you in ways that Ginuwine only sung about. She’s pre-lubricated and ready to roll. Seriously, it’s going to be your own living porno.” 

Kat George. Queen of shit and blood.

I agree, period sex is the best ever! Everything is super sensitive and already slippery. What’s not to like :D

It really isn’t that gross at all if you’ve actually tried it. I thought the same thing, and then couldn’t help but to do it after I got the inevitable horyness of being on my period. It’s practically blood free, maybe occasionally a little on your thighs or on him but it’s not like murder scene bloody. Don’t knock it until you try it.

I absolutely love you, Kat. Is it weird that this is my favorite thought of yours? Coming second is the pick up line one, naturally.

HAHA! I love this, it’s so true!

yes. I’m probably the horniest during my period. I’d love to have period sex, but.. ugh. it’s not just the guys, but me. I need to get over it. guys need to get over it.

till then, it’s just me and my vibrator.

Blood=nature’s lube.

Ain’t nothing wrong with red wings. 

Period sex is amazing and everyone should try it. Not to be an obnoxious jackass, but I totally wrote about this as well. http://ohmyo.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/sunday-bloody-sunday/

 YOU’RE GROSS!!! STOP HATING ON WOMEN!!! STOP HATING YOURSELF!!!

Afterwards, you’re left with this awesome Rorschach of blood. True Story.

jackass

jackass

jackass

jackass

You can’t fill up one pad in an hour. That would be abnormally heavy bleeding and the girl should be brought in for check up. This, coming from a registered nurse.

Alright. I’m commenting on a Kat George article. Here’s the deal. I’m pretty sure Miss George [typical male thoughts assuming she is unmarried], probably writes the most vapid and least interesting articles for Thought Catalog [IMO of course]. I’m glad she churns the articles revolving around the many interesting ways she can fail at relationships. I’m sure everyone but me enjoys them.

However, this is a good one. Speaking as a male who has been in three long-term relationships-only, this article is indeed ‘on to something.’ At least in my field of study.

Couple things though. Depending on how sexually experienced and how open you may be, there are far more barriers to breach once diving into the ruby red sea. That was an unfortunate rhyme.

If you were/are like me, and are in a long, trusting relationship. You’ll need to have the condom talk if she’s on the pill. Because once your little guy goes in there…don’t expect a polish or spit shine when it comes out. 

Also, if she’s willing to do this with you [and trust me, she is...or she will be when things get stale] then chances are role playing is right around the corner. Essentially, this is when things can get strange for both parties if neither is comfortable with aggressive fantasies [rape, bdsm, furries...I mean...why not?] can be a little tricky to get your head around.

Also, let’s not pretend that Aunt Flo is always a red head. Sometimes ladies have, what I like to call, Mississippi Mud down there. One time my ex didn’t tell me that she was on the rag and the lights were out [it's a little game she played ... called pissing me off]. The horror…the horror.

But just remember we’re all humans and it’s all natural…kinda scary at first, but so was the first time you did anything sexually.

After further experiments with period sex and the many twist and turns that can evolve, it can take a couple…it actually can be just as tame…or kinky as anal or any other orifice-based sex.

It’s real, it’s true and it’s awesomingly feverish

I stumbled upon this completely by accident…I am ambivalent either way.  If you like it – do it. If you don’t – don’t. This blog is a complete and total waste of someone’s time and keystrokes. After all, its everyone’s personal preference what they like or don’t like.

Good article, but its sentiments shouldn’t just be directed toward the guys.  In my experience some ladies are just as squicked about the idea as some guys are.

If you’re into shower sex, the value of trying period sex there is worth noting.  It keeps the grossout factor way down for those sensitive, a woman’s partner may be more willing to use their hands, and as a fun bonus you can watch that cool Norman Bates effect around the drain.

You’re a modern day Charlotte Brontë.   I know if Jane Eyre were written in the 2000s, Jane would be demanding that Mr. Rochester pound her bleeding vagina.   You’re just so progressive!

Also, if either party decides to ‘double down’ on the oral post bloodbath, consider this a warning. If you kiss each other, with red-clown smiles, you are bonded together as spirit animals.

Also, if either party decides to ‘double down’ on the oral post bloodbath, consider this a warning. If you kiss each other, with red-clown smiles, you are bonded together as spirit animals.

“So stop asking me if you can put it in my butt or if I’ll have a
threesome unless you’re willing to have some kinky as hell period sex
with me”

so legit.

love your work babe

IF IT SMELLS LIKE FISH-ITS A DISH, IF IT SMELLS LIKE COLOGNE LEAVE IT ALONE!!!

I’m a boy, and I am always down for it, but I can’t get my girlfriend to do it.

something to consider is that you’re more likely to get a UTI after period sex

As my girlfriend and I always say: “Put a towel down, and boom!”

Wooo! Do it in the shower if you are freaking out about it and need to ease yourself in…(plus shower sex is super hot anyway).  Or put a towel down! It seriously is the best time to have sex.  It’s the only time I can get off from just sex alone.  

Thank you Kat George for bringing awareness to this taboo!

Shower sex is only cool if both people are getting an equal distribution of the water, unless you stay in the Southwest were temperature really isn’t that big of an issue. Jussayin.

Oh my god I love this!!! Im so so so glad you wrote about this because I have not met one person who doesn’t think its completely disgusting to have period sex. And I agree with everything you said I this post. Especially that we’re super fucking horny during our periods. Loveeee.

^Very true

I would imagine the chances increase after such an act. But I can also see this adding to the kink factor…how sad is that?

gross.

nice post.  note that you can’t assume ppl in relationships always do it with condoms.  i mean come on right?  what if the blood goes into my peehole and finds my testicles and impregnates me WTFLOL

As a girl who has had period sex several times (even had someone going down on me when I’m on my flow), and is comfortable with it, I have to say the reasons given by Kat do not apply to all woman. On some days, I would feel extremely bloated and sore down there. My vagina’s been contracting blood out constantly  and having something go up there does not sound appealing at all. 

Girls with heavier flows should also watch out, it DOES get out, so use a towel or do it in the showers. Also, bear in mind that if your guy is on the larger side, his penis is shoving the blood around and it goes go back up, causing your vagina to smell horrible for a bit.

Blood is nature’s lubricant.

Heck, I let my ex finger me when my period was almost done because I was not going to miss the chance at a post-break-up hook up. He didn’t even notice.

I’m impressed by this, Kat George! Normally not a big fan of your stuff, but your writing style is quite nice here.

so gross.

I’m in Ohio, and water distribution isn’t an issue, lol.

you go girl.

wait are there seriously guys afraid of periods

Amen sister.

I love period sex, I get in there like teddy roosevelt clearing the panama fucking canal

I love period sex, I get in there like teddy roosevelt clearing the panama fucking canal

my friend’s gramps told me that.

It’s like your own version of True Blood.

I get Horney as hell just before and after my period so that is MIT a factor for me nut I will never have period sex I’ve tried it once and I hated it. In my Case it was slimy and smelly. To me it’s gross! I never smell bad a week after I’m smelling okay and I’m Horney so for me I’ll never have period sex again. I’ve had guys ask I simply say if you want me then wait and I’ll make it really good for you as I think I’ve developed a style because my sex drive is so high that men love anyway! I’m pre menopausal right now my doc said it’s normal my sex drive is so high so enjoy and be safe!!!

omg lol… delightful! haha

if this were written by someone other than you, i would’ve liked it.

Period sex is awesome, but if I have sex in the like 48 hours that is the day before my period / first day of my period orgasms cause me to have cramps that are so blindingly painful I’ll cry for like thirty minutes.  What the fuck is up with that?

I’m in Ohio too and heat distribution is

THIS

AMEN TO THAT SISTER.

unfortunately…cosigning.

Agreed so hard.  I’m always so horny on my period and–I might be totally alone on this–my orgasms are waaaay better.    

Um, also, to all the guys out there: please stop making us feel bad that we bleed once a month.  Stop calling it gross, stop suggesting we’re PMSing (even if we are), stop being weird about reasonably wrapped up tampons in trashcans, stop being weird about blood stains in underwear, stop acting like we’re faking cramp pain, and for the love of god, if you’re not willing to have period sex stop asking us for blowjobs.  If all we get are our hands, that’s all you get too.  Assholes.

you watch True Blood!!! :) also i agree with you wholeheartedly about being super frisky… infact my guy loves that phase!!

my first boyfren was like “ew periods” and i guess that made me think all guys are grossed out by them but then i went to england and i met this guy and he was like “come home with me” and i was like “but i have my period” and he was like “…..and?”
so it was nice to know my first boyfriend was a douchebag/american/teenager and that period sex is hunky dory if you’re english/a 20-something/not a moron.
so thanks for the well-written article and i’m happy to see all the positive comments. also for guys saying “i’m down with the blood, but my girl isn’t” i think that’s really because we ladies have been socialised to be grossed out by our own bodily functions. what the fuuuuckkk culture, what the fuck.

When the river runs red take the dirt road instead.

This is hilarious.

I thought we were all having period sex.

‘One fourth’ = a quarter. Learn to math.

I’m not sure who you’ve been dating, but I have seriously Never had a guy not want to have sex because I was having my period.

As a dude, I love period sex, even ‘angel kisses.’ Its a sure fire way to make  your/any girl absolutely love you in an existentially vindicating sort of way. Also, there is something weirdly endearing about it; she’s being so unabashedly open towards the world. 

Good article, Kat, I don’t understand why s0 many people on here dont like you. God I need a cup of coffee.

This article is just so…powerful…that I feel my In Defense of Felching cannot even compare. 

Yeah, and a quarter is one forth. It’s both correct.
Besides, when did math become a verb?

Thank God someone said this. I was utterly flabbergasted that any guy (over say, 16) would be icked out enough not to have period sex. Put a towel down, wear a condom if you’re that much of a baby and get to it. 

Seriously?! I’m gonna hope that you’re a teenager so your male partners slightly deserve the benefit of the doubt but if you’re an adult and men you sleep with are squicked out by periods, then stop fucking sleeping with them because they are clearly too immature for sex. 

(That paragraph kind of reads like victim blaming so put another way: guys who are grossed out by periods are asshole underdeveloped children who should not be having sex with anyone but themselves) 

Oh hell yeah! My girl does ride my like crazy when she’s on her period! I love it! And I will definitely eat her out, yum yum tasty. Get my weekly dose of iron.

Once though, with an ex-girlfriend, I went to town–like 16 year old, jack-rabbit style–and the blood went everywhere. All up my stomach and down my legs. It was a ‘heavy’ day. Still, doesn’t really bother me.

It makes no sense to be okay with the dirt and not the red river. It’s merely an excuse and you shouldn’t need one. You like the dirt road, just ask, man.

Prototypical dutch.

TMI.

Actually some people are very heavy on the first day and being this heavy at that point is common. And yes, my doctor is aware. As long as it only lasts a few hours at the beginning. All women are different, registered nurse.

Sex is gross really if you think about it, dear. But diving in an going for it makes it fun.

HAVE I EVER TOLD YOU YOU’RE MY HEEEERO? No, for real. I was kind of prepared to hate this and then I loved it. LOVED IT.

You guys say that every time?

You’re really good at typing.

You like the scat, huh?  I can dig.  

You like the scat, huh?  I can dig.  

If you have to try to convince a dude to get on board with this, he doesn’t deserve to reap the many, MANY benefits potentially awaiting him at the end of the very-red rainbow. 

If you have to try to convince a dude to get on board with this, he doesn’t deserve to reap the many, MANY benefits potentially awaiting him at the end of the very-red rainbow. 

LOVE THIS

I guess I am on the other hand of the scales – the guy I’m sleeping with would love to have some period sex. Alas it grosses ME out.
I’m not arguing anti-period sex, it’s just not for me :)

LOL…kat <3 did I mention you're my fav writer on here !!!

once again, I feel blessed with my boyfriend. 
and apparently the taste of blood isn’t that bad.

Wait, why are you getting a weekly dose?  Your girlfriend sounds like the Patch Adams of menstruation…she may want to see a doctor for that.   

well this totez disproved the myth my next door neighbor told me when i was nine… that if a guys’ dick ever touches blood, he will die. hmm… a whole new world has opened itself unto me. thanks, kat.

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

this is disgusting. why on earth would you think it is appropriate to share this?

Okay, enough of this shit. Someone fire this girl.

‘little bits of goop’

Oh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah baby!

One of the reasons I love my boyfriend so much, he’s not afraid of having sex when I’m on my period, even if it’s day 1 and there’s a damn flood down there :D

And, it helps on the period pains, no need for painkillers, have some rounds of sex and you’re good for the rest of the day ;)

As my bf told me, it’s a bit sweety ;)

If you have rough sex, it’s usually stress on the muscles.

Awesome trick I learnt from my grandmother; get a towel, soak it in alcohol (uzo, vodka, anything strong), put it on your belly, at first you’ll freak out because the spirit will evaporate and it’ll be cold as hell, after 20-30minutes, no more cramps. Seriously, try it, works wonders!

I can confirm that my wife does get extra horny when she’s having her period, which is a nice bonus. And I’ll add that, from my point of view, there’s no difference between period sex and non-period sex. However, we almost always need to put a towel down during the heaviest flow moments, after which my penis looks like a murder weapon. No big deal… a shower for both of us, and all is good.

You forgot to mention that it’s great on cramps. I’m not a period sex fan the way some people are, but I certainly appreciate it. 

If it smells like chicken, keep on lickin’. If it smells like trout, get the hell out. 

My period is four straight days of cramps, bloating, being super tired, and generally just not being comfortable in my own body. I can’t imagine feeling sexy while I’m on my period, let alone actually having sex on it. No thank you.

aren’t dogs prone to fucking moreso when the female is bleeding? 

agreed. i know from most of my female friends too that generally the period days are spent physically aching, often in the vag zone as well as cramps. not really an opportune time for sex IMO.

The smell, the disgust, the smell!

Period sex is gross and us guys have the right to not stick our dicks into some bleeding carcass. I’d happily not have sex and come back in a few days.

Though, period sex is okay if you’re in a long-term relationship, it makes it better knowing the person, knowing every inch of their body and mind. One night stands? Never. I’ve tried and kicked the girl out after the putrid smell added to the disgust of a bloody condom wrapped member.

“Learn to math.” LOL!  Learn to English.

I am actually laughing out loud right now, this is the BEST thing I have ever read.

I am actually laughing out loud right now, this is the BEST thing I have ever read.

ew I don’t even..

An article titled “In Defense of Period Sex” seemed like the appropriate forum, prude bitch.

We are not talking about “first days”. It wasn’t mentioned in her comment about when and at what point it should be heavy. Your clue word being “some”, means we are talking about the average. If you bleed heavy that’s yours on a case to case basis. You’re not even a doctor. 

Actually you’re proving my point. She didn’t mention when her heavy bleeding was and you jumped right on her without even asking. Shouldn’t nurses ask questions before they assume?

I liked the part where Kat George thinks every girl is like her. She gets horny on her period? So must every other female.

Man you are a jerk. I hope no woman ever lets you put your member in her carcass, bleeding or otherwise, again.

Ok. I am a woman, who happens to enjoy sex and be generally quite comfortable with her own body. Period sex is disgusting. The whole room smells like blood, bed covers get ruined, the cramps feel a little worse rather than better, and it doesn’t really feel all that fantastic. I’ll have to disagree with you on this one. But whatever floats your boat.

ditto.

GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSsss

Actually I didn’t assume. I  simply stated something I know and learned. I simply said that filling up a pad in an hour can’t be normal and would be abnormal in most cases, compared to your “some” and she is unsure anyway. I was stating generally. This is futile. Pardon me if I don’t quite express myself well and my choice of words may not be the best to get my point across. Let’s just agree to disagree. 

Not a jerk, just don’t want to have period sex…

Dogs don’t have menstrual cycles. They have heat cycles. When a human woman is on her period, she is at her least fertile, when a dog is in heat, she is at her most. It’s pretty much the very opposite.

I personally can’t orgasm at all during my period, and having it be harder or take longer to orgasm then isn’t uncommon.

calling a living body a “carcass” makes you the text book definition of a jerk

this was excellent! <3

I’d tap it.  Like a real man should.

pretty much all blogs are a waste of keystrokes… sorry

Okay, let’s take that part out just for you:

“Period sex is gross and us guys have the right to not stick our dicks into a bleeding vagina. I’d happily not have sex and come back in a few days.”

Happy? Still gross….

Thank you! Someone with sense!

Thank you! Someone with sense!

PREACH!

i get horny as hell when i am on my period, but he guess that’s just me and kat george

your gross joant, get it?

bleeding carcasses? period sex =/= fucking roadkill.

Frankly, women smell slightly of blood for most of their periods–at least to me. It doesn’t bother me in the least. I’ll even go down on a woman on the rag. Makes no difference. All of our bodies do things that aren’t as pleasant as the idealized love scenes in romance novels and chick flicks. It’s just part of being human. Sometimes it gets a bit dirty.

I do remember one experience from a long time ago. I was with a girl for the first time, and it was her first time, and she was just about to start her period (she did not seem to be aware of this). Anyway, the sex was, even for a noob, every bit as good as Kat said it was above and for the above reasons. But when we got done, the bedsheets looked like someone got stabbed in the throat. There was a huge, deep puddle of blood that that scared the bejezus out of her.

I’d seen the normal results of period sex before, and this was nothing like that. It was closer to a hundred times what you’d normally see. It was, honestly, a little worrisome. Then we hopped in the shower and kept at it.

My point is that some woman can experience vastly different flows than what you mention above, and it can be disconcerting. 

Second point is this: really? There are really guys who find a woman’s natural process bothersome enough that guys actually turn down sex? Especially the one process that if it’s working means that time you got drunk and banged with no protection didn’t knock her up. I say celebrate the good luck with some good crazy bloody sex. That’s the blood of joy considering how careless most guys are. Fucking revel in it.

I have to think those guys are secretly gay or something. I know of few forces of revolt strong enough to make a man keep his junk out of a woman. Any woman. Even a bloody woman.

Isaiah, anytime you feel the need to point out that something you wrote was an unfortunate rhyme, you should go back and delete what you just wrote and start over. . . or perhaps not. Perhaps rethink whether you should post at all. Just a tip.

I hope not! Sorry, for the hyperbole, just had a traumatizing event concerning the subject lol

I hope not! Sorry, for the hyperbole, just had a traumatizing event concerning the subject lol

I can be sometimes. But, I’m entitled to my opinion!

you’re* =)

May not be for some, but I love it when a guy wants to surf the tunnel of my crimson wave.  And what is up with TC’s obsession with Ryan Gosling??? Oh, that’s right, he’s hot.  You guys seen him in Crazy, Stupid, Love??? Yummmm (eyes crossing).

It’s actually scientific fact that girls are hornier when menstruating, but.. Alright.

I appreciate you, Kat George.

when i’m on my period, i get hornier than i know how to explain.

ughhhhhhhhh this is AMAZING, thank you

aww, don’t judge men’s taste in women. there are far more GROOOSSSS er things around the planet, I don’t see why the cleanest blood in the organism is so disgusting.

you don’t even deserve to get laid

while I agree this is all true, I find the opposite for myself. This is probably accounted to the fact that I have severe ovarian cysts, and the pain flares up immensly when I’m on the rag, its to the point where I’m almost physically sick. But good on you, this made me smile :)

XD death by penis

I think Joant has the right to say whatever he wants on the subject. Honestly, if I were a dude, I wouldn’t want to have sex with a girl when she’s on her period. I don’t respect a guy any less for saying so, either. It’s just personal preference.

this was TMI. we don’t wanna read about your severe ovarian cysts. 

Makes perfect sex, I mean sense to me.

Erm. What about when it’s the girls that are squeamish? I’d be turning *him* down, if he ever asked. I wouldn’t want to have sex during my period because I usually feel very unsexy and generally crappy… definitely not horny. Maybe I’m an odd one out.

I’ve been saying this for years! Thank you. 

People’s turn-ons and turn-offs are really varied and sometimes completely unreasonable. Everyone’s got their stuff and what’s disrespectful is not acknowledging someone’s right to turn down sex for any reason (or no reason at all). A guy would never get away with writing an article like this. Sure, you can try to convince someone to go for it, but ultimately the decision’s theirs and to actually not “forgive” them for sticking to their preferences is pretty messed up.

Ok, then it’s perfectly reasonable and scientifically sound for a guy to expect a girl to have sex with him more while menstruating? “What’s your problem, bitch? Science says you’re horny right now.”
Sounds absurd to me, but…Alright.

This. Was. Amazing.

it is not scientific fact! the scientific fact is a woman gets hornier when you are ovulating which is out of your period! or before it!  not during… well there might be some people.. I personally hate the idea of having sex while I’m on my period! yaks!! it happens once by accident and did not like it at all!!!

yes ma’am.

love your comments.As a bloke I find it a turn on to share that time,even to wear the pads ok I lost a bet!So guys treat your lady as such and have fun.

You don’t have an issue with reading about period sex but you have an issue with reading about ovarian cysts…are you crazy or…?

Like some girls commenting here, I have terrible periods too that last for almost a week, and the first two or three days are a haze of painkillers and tiredness and feeling fatigued, cranky and dehydrated all at the same time. But, like the author, I am also super horny and always have sex on my mind during that time. I honestly haven’t come across a guy who has ever let a bit of blood stand in the way of anything. I wouldn’t want anyone to finger me or even touch me down there but I’m so lubricated and ready to go it surprises even me. And it’s over before we know it and it eases my cramps a huge deal. 
Of course, everyone’s body is different and their sex drive throughout the month will vary depending on how hormones are being released, which is not always predictable. But I completely get where you’re coming from. I love period sex, and a man to whom it doesn’t matter is a man to keep.

yup, i agree. some of the best sex i had was period sex. mattress got stained, but totally worth it.

I ahve always been up for a bit of Jon Claude Van Damm – blood sports ;)