Introduction to sexual behavior during menstruation

I believe that when it comes to sex during menstruation, most people would feel it is unclean and therefore are unwilling to try it. This is mostly due to cultural reasons. Menstruation is often seen as something unclean that brings bad luck and disease. Or they believe that sex during menstruation is bad for women's health. So is this really the case? Let’s discuss it together.

Sexual intercourse during menstruation, no need to avoid

For example, some women experience more vaginal lubrication than usual during menstruation, and the feeling of fullness in the pelvis makes it easier for them to reach orgasm during sexual intercourse. The endorphins produced in the body during orgasm also have certain benefits for women during menstruation. This natural compound synthesized in the body has analgesic and euphoric effects on the human body. It can relieve dysmenorrhea, headaches and mild depression that often occur in women during their menstrual period. As for the feeling of uncleanliness caused by having sex during menstruation, it can also be alleviated by having sex in the shower.

Of course, women's resistance will also decrease during menstruation. Normally, normal vaginal flora grows in the vagina, which can prevent the growth of harmful bacteria or fungi. However, as the acidity of the vagina decreases during menstruation, other fungi or bacteria are more likely to infect the vagina. At the same time, the cervix opens during menstruation to allow menstrual blood to flow out, which gives bacteria a great opportunity to enter the pelvic cavity. The invasion of bacteria can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease. Therefore, if you plan to have sex during your period, you must do a good job of cleaning.

If you have an STD, don't have sex during your period.

However, the above situations only apply to healthy people. If the factor of sexually transmitted diseases is added, sexual intercourse during menstruation will be a bit unsafe. After controlling for other variables, data analysis showed that women with higher education, more frequent sex, and more sexual partners had more intermenstrual sex than other respondents. By comparing data with self-reported STD history, the researchers found that women who had sex during their menstrual period had higher rates of STD infection than other participants.

The reason for this result may be that the cervical mucosa of menstruating women is more fragile. In addition, contaminated menstrual blood may also flow back into the fallopian tubes due to the violent piston movement. Also, for gonococci, the iron in menstrual blood promotes their growth. Of course, it is also possible that women who are willing to indicate in the survey that they have sex during menstruation are not as conservative as other women, and therefore will not hide their history of sexually transmitted diseases; or it is because they are more active in their sexual lives, more sensitive to the symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases, and receive treatment and diagnosis more promptly. However, Guokr would like to remind everyone that it is best not to take this risk.

In addition, the concentration of blood-transmitted sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV or hepatitis virus will increase in secretions such as menstrual blood, so the possibility of infected women transmitting these diseases to their partners will be greatly increased.

In short, sex during menstruation is not something that should be avoided, but the prerequisite is to have a fixed sexual partner and use condoms as a protective measure. In addition, if you have a sexually transmitted disease, it is better to completely avoid sexual intercourse during menstruation.

Through the introduction in the above article, I believe everyone has a general understanding of sexual behavior during menstruation, right? Sexual intercourse during menstruation is not as forbidden or unsafe as our traditional concept suggests. We might as well learn more about this knowledge in our lives.