# Sex eases menstrual cramps? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-eases-menstrual-cramps/426799 "2007-11-17T02:51:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-eases-menstrual-cramps/426799/41 "2007-11-19T02:01:51Z")
I, for one, am ready and willing to go forth and ease the menstrual cramps of my fellow Dopers–as many as necessary. My selfless dedication to the task will persevere, rain or shine, til death do us (me and my Magic Cramp-Away Applicator, that is) part. It’s all for the good of our community. I know, I’m a hero. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-eases-menstrual-cramps/426799/42 "2007-11-19T02:16:32Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] I, for one, am ready and willing to go forth and ease the menstrual cramps of my fellow Dopers–as many as necessary. My selfless dedication to the task will persevere, rain or shine, til death do us (me and my Magic Cramp-Away Applicator, that is) part. It’s all for the good of our community. I know, I’m a hero. [/QUOTE] I’m a born-and-raised californian, and glad of it. Proud even. But I’ll tell you, you gotta watch those guys down south. I think they get way too much sun. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-eases-menstrual-cramps/426799/43 "2007-11-19T04:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] Do not click if you’re queasy. There are a [lot](http://spiralingmoon.livejournal.com/) more than one Actually, they’re quite pretty. [/QUOTE] Those are beautiful. And, for the queasy, I wouldn’t worry about it. If you didn’t know it was menstrual blood, you’d find them pretty paintings. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-eases-menstrual-cramps/426799/44 "2007-11-19T05:08:35Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Those are beautiful. And, for the queasy, I wouldn’t worry about it. If you didn’t know it was menstrual blood, you’d find them pretty paintings. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s what I thought. When I clicked, I was wondering why you thought they might be not for the queasy. Then I saw that the materials included menstrual blood–but if you didn’t know, you’d just think, pretty picture. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-eases-menstrual-cramps/426799/45 "2007-11-19T13:47:12Z")
Oh yes. “Menstruation is why God invented showers and blowjobs” is my governing motto. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-eases-menstrual-cramps/426799/46 "2007-11-19T14:10:52Z")
FWIW My late wife, God rest her soul, was allus as randy as a ferret on heat during her monthlies. It never bothered me in the slightest but I did draw the line at muff diving. A mans gotta have limits yannow ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-eases-menstrual-cramps/426799/47 "2007-11-19T14:53:59Z")
My wife is not only willing during her monthlies, she’s more interested than usual. And it doesn’t bother me in the least. In fact, I often go downtown but I focus my energies on the clit, so neither one of us gets squicked out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-eases-menstrual-cramps/426799.md?page=2)