Blood, Sweat, Tears, Semen

Hey, more good advice from Em & Low, this time on their regular blog. A reader said she was embarrassed to have gotten her period with a regular booty-call partner and wondered what to do about it. Their response is a good table-turner.

First, how does you unexpectedly getting your period reflect badly on you? We’re sure you didn’t plan to turn his bed into a crime scene, right? Sometimes these things happen. Your period is part of life. Heck, it’s part of your sexuality. And have you seen the stuff that comes out of the end of his dick when he ejaculates? Not exactly flowers, either. If you wanted to win the Nice Booty Call of the Year award, you could have offered to either help him clean the sheets (he may not have the experience we ladies do with getting out blood stains) or buy him new ones. But how many guys do you know who offer to clean a woman’s sheets when he spills his seed all over them, huh? It’s just not that big a deal.

They said it here.

The rest of their advice is similarly practical and perspective-building. Body fluids are body fluids. Modern detergent can deal with it, so can we.

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I agree…that advice is right on. Too bad anything associated with “lady parts/functions” is considered repulsive/disgusting/gross/unmentionable, etc. by the conventional culture (i.e., male). It reminds me of the South Park episode where the hilarious practice of public farting by the males was completely turned around by the “new” practice of queefing by the females. :)

In fairness, however, not all men are horrified by period blood. I had a past lover who was not only fine with it but turned on by the bloody sheets and parts that came with period sex (that and not wanting to “take a break” for a week!).

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