Is Period Sex The Last Taboo, With Hannah Witton

This sex positive story excerpt from The Hormone Diaries by Hannah Witton (Wren & Rook) is published with permission.

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Hannah Witton's The Period Diaries

There is a huge stigma around having sex on your period – and a myth that it’s dirty and gross. In life, in movies and on TV, how many times have you heard, ‘we couldn’t have sex because I was on my period’? And when I asked people to write their own hormone diaries, though I got a huge response on the subjects of periods and sex, there was little to none on ‘period sex’. Is period sex the last taboo?

If you’re over the age of consent, the truth is you CAN have sex when you’re having a period, IF you want to. Let’s break it down. Some people might not be into period sex at all, for all kinds of reasons, and that’s absolutely fine. Maybe your period puts you in a very unsexy mood; you’ve only just started being sexually active and you’ve got enough to think about without adding blood into the mix; you’re bloating, you’re in pain and the last thing you want right now is to have sex. I feel you.

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Totally fine and you should always feel comfortable to say no to a partner whether you’re on your period or not. But if you want to have sex on your period, talk about it with your partner, even if you’re worried about bringing it up. If it is important to you, then it is important you are heard in your relationship. Don’t assume that your partner won’t be in to it.

First of all, let’s define ‘sex’. For our purposes here, it’s any sexual genital activity, so that includes masturbation. Yes, you can also masturbate when you’re on your period!

Want to read more? You can buy The Hormone Diaries (Wren and Rook) here.

Hannah Witton is an English YouTuber, broadcaster, and author. She creates video blogs and informational content which is mostly based around relationships, sex and sexual health; liberation and welfare issues; literature; and travel. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram and find her on YouTube.

 

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