I think many in this thread would enjoy The Curse. I just read this book about a month or so ago, and I didn’t particularly realize how so much menstruation talk IS couched in euphemism.
I think socialization is a huge component of this. Obviously YMMV depending on the specific environment you grew up in - we Dopers tend to be unique special frickin’ snowflakes, you know. 
I live in LA and I once dated a stripper. She loved it when I gave her oral on her period, so did I. She was extra horny on her period and would sit on my face cowgirl. I couldn’t wait for that time of month.
I think because she was a stripper she was so open sexually, in fact she started going out on dates when we were living together so we broke up. Life in LA!!! but she was hot.
It’s nice to hear this. Some of us men would love to join you for that. Lots of the ways women are different from men are enticing and even enchanting to us. I in particular think the way your hair often hangs and flows, and your curves, and the softness in your voices, are just wonderful, though of course they vary – and I could go on and on, there’s a whole world of pleasantly feminine allure. To my tastes, your reproductive cycle with its various details is mostly part of that world. I’m not describing a blood fetish here. The allure I’m describing is the feminine package, a whole constellation.
Well, not whole. Women are more likely to have migraines, for example, and that doesn’t do anything for me. So, it’s a matter of taste.
Likewise, the idea of playing with another person’s penis is icky to me, I just feel repelled by the idea.
People say they like various things and dislike other various things, and I believe them, but it’s not the things’ faults, it’s just taste.
I gotta say, though, no matter what people’s individual likes and dislikes are, there certainly seems to be a lot of advertising and moneymaking that involves promoting the idea that menstruation is disgusting. I mean, calling the products “protection”? How ridiculous is that? When I wear a sweatband, safety isn’t how I’m looking at the situation.
I think the concept there is protecting your clothes from unwanted stains. One of the many “protection” products is called a “panty shield”, so I guess it’s protecting your panties from too much Awesome Woman Fluids.
Personally, I think you are the one with the hang-up / fetish.
Have you ever had a period? It’s messy. Not just bloody. You can go from constipated to diarrhea in the same day. There’s bloating, the emotional roller coaster, sometimes your whole body is so sensitive nothing feels good.
Why the eff would you say that? :smack:
You ever eat your partner’s shit? Drink piss? What’s the big deal? You got some kind of hang up about your body?
zombie or no
swimming the red river shows you love her.
Who the f*** wants to go down on a girl when she’s on her period?
Jesus christ some people are depraved animals.
The clitoris is not in the vagina and orgasms can temporarily relive the cramping associated with menstruation. Usually she just leaves her tampon in to keep my beard from getting dyed red. :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:)
Zombies don’t bleed.
This is generally good advice. This is how we do it - if I want to go down on her, we keep the tampon in and I try not to probe too deep - keep it to the labia and clit. Now, if the woman uses pads instead of tampons, I can very much believe that they’d find it very, very gross. It’s not always pretty down there, and I say this as someone with a fairly high tolerance for such things. But hey, everyone’s got some kink.
I have had both oral and PIV sex during my period and I enjoyed it. The first time, I can still remember the look when he came up for air during :o, he looked like a serial killer :D. I preferred to avoid the heaviest days, however. It did help with the killer cramps, which was the first day or two.
Frankly, I am glad to be done with menstruation! FREEEEEEEEEEDOM!
Yeah…I prefer my cottage cheese to be white.