# Poll: Does having sex while you/your partner is menstruating squick you out?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 19, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629 "2007-06-19T19:21:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Tikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikster)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/1 "2007-06-19T19:21:35Z")
Inspired by this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=425488): Do you have a EW response to having sex with a woman during her period/while you’re having your period?
Please include your gender and a comment.
I hate polls where the OP doesn’t go first, so here it is:
Female. Love sex when aunt flo is visiting because I just seem to be more sensitive down there and, perhaps ironically, also seem to be more horny. But for some reason the bf’s I’ve had have all been squicked out - not even my increased response could make up for it 😉
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### Author:  [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/2 "2007-06-19T19:24:28Z")
Male, not in the slightest.
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### Author:  [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/3 "2007-06-19T19:29:21Z")
Male, I don’t mind. I’d rather she not be on her period, but I can’t really control that. The biggest drawback is that many girls are so self-concious about it, it makes it less fun.
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### Author:  [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/4 "2007-06-19T19:29:25Z")
What’s the old saying? Not afraid to swim in the Red River, but not going to drink from it.
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### Author:  [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/5 "2007-06-19T19:31:26Z")
No, I’m not afraid of it. I’ve done it in the past, but my current girlfriend isn’t a big fan.
Just to be clear though, I too would rather her NOT be on her period.
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### Author:  [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/6 "2007-06-19T19:37:36Z")
I’m male and it doesn’t bother me in the least. My wife will not even consider it, though, so my lack of squickiness is immaterial.
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/7 "2007-06-19T19:41:12Z")
Female here.
1. It’s a mess that frequently can’t be cleaned up completely.
2. It’s kind of painful.
We always referred to the aftermath as a “sex crime scene.” I half expected a gum shoe in a fedora to be standing just behind the door…lighting a cigarette…and saying something befitting a 50s pulp fiction novel.
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### Author:  [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/8 "2007-06-19T19:42:28Z")
Male.
Squick city. Really.
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### Author:  [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/9 "2007-06-19T19:46:17Z")
Doesn’t bother either one of us, (I’m the male), but the lack of spontaneity is somewhat of a letdown. “We should go get a towel” doesn’t exactly drive you wild.
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### Author:  [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/10 "2007-06-19T19:47:32Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun]
Female here.
1. It’s a mess that frequently can’t be cleaned up completely.
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We always referred to the aftermath as a “sex crime scene.”
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Agreed. Was initially openminded on the subject, tried it a few times… looked like we butchered a hog in the bed. Everything also felt odd/achey… not in a good way. No thanks.
Female, 30s.
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/11 "2007-06-19T19:53:04Z")
Male, 30s, and I’m one of the people over in the other thread who probably inspired the OP to open this one.
It really depends. I mean, sex is like pizza, right? When it’s good it’s great, and when it’s bad it’s still pretty good _(and some people, apparently, don’t mind it with extra sauce)_. Generally, I’d rather not. It feels odd - blood is less viscous than a woman’s natural lubricant (or most of the over-the-counter substitutes, for that matter), so it feels to me like having sex underwater, which isn’t very pleasant to me either.
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### Author:  [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/12 "2007-06-19T19:56:52Z")
Male.
I like sex regardless of the time of month. No squickiness here. My gf does tend to practice her oral skills more though, due to a slight squik on her part. Not that she _needs_ the practice. But who am I to complain? Life is good.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/13 "2007-06-19T19:57:34Z")
I’m female and major ick. Major yuck. I don’t think he’d really mind, or to be honest, care, but _I do_. And you know what? I’ve gotten to the age where I realize that’s OK, too.
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### Author:  [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/14 "2007-06-19T20:04:46Z")
Female. 31. I don’t mind it but it’s not my favorite. My husband absolutely, positively can’t stand it. We’ve given it the occasional try when we got desperate but it makes him gag a little. He blames it on a wild night he had as a teen when he went home with a girl and (drunkenly and not realizing it) had period sex. He did realize it when he woke up the next morning sticky, stinking and covered from nipple line to knees in dried blood. Too bad he was drunk, sex that leaves a mark like that had to be good.
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### Author:  [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/15 "2007-06-19T20:08:06Z")
Female. That’s the time when I’m most horny, but having intercourse during the first two or three days is way too messy. We rely on other methods until those first few days are over.
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### Author:  [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/16 "2007-06-19T20:10:02Z")
Female. Husband has no trouble with it, but it’s painful for me so it’s a no-go.
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### Author:  [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/17 "2007-06-19T20:23:20Z")
Male. How do I feel about it? Well, I’d be using the projectile vomit smiley if there was one.
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/18 "2007-06-19T20:23:37Z")
Female. It doesn’t bother me at all (well, the first couple of days I feel fat and bloaty and crampy and gross, so that’s not particularly sexy).
BF is a bit squicked out, but he really likes sex so he’s usually willing to grin and bear it.
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/19 "2007-06-19T20:31:26Z")
Female - 26. I like sex on my period, and have pretty light ones so it really isn’t that big a deal. My husband sure as hell doesn’t seem to care either (as long as he doesn’t see any feminine _products_, I think he’s fine - yeah he’s weird).
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### Author:  [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-having-sex-while-you-your-partner-is-menstruating-squick-you-out/408629/20 "2007-06-19T20:34:42Z")
Female. Not bothered in the least. I have never encountered a man (romantic or just friends) who was bothered by it.
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