Description

Period Sex: Embracing Intimacy at Every Stage of the Cycle challenges the stigma, misconceptions, and unnecessary shame surrounding menstruation and sexual intimacy. In this educational class, Board-Certified Sexologist and AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator Lilithfoxx explores the relationship between the menstrual cycle, sexual desire, arousal, and pleasure while providing practical guidance for navigating intimacy during menstruation. From understanding hormonal fluctuations and addressing common concerns about hygiene to exploring comfortable positions, pleasure techniques, and communication strategies, this class offers a sex-positive, evidence-informed approach to menstrual sexuality. Whether you’re curious about period sex, hoping to feel more comfortable with menstrual intimacy, or looking to better support a menstruating partner, you’ll learn how to approach pleasure throughout the cycle with greater confidence, understanding, and respect for your body’s needs.

Features:

• Understanding the Menstrual Cycle and Sexuality: Examine the different phases of the menstrual cycle, how hormonal changes may influence sexual desire, arousal, lubrication, and sensitivity, and why these experiences vary considerably between individuals.
• Challenging Period Sex Myths and Stigma: Explore how cultural expectations, menstrual taboos, and misinformation contribute to shame surrounding period sex while separating common misconceptions from evidence-based sexual health information.
• Exploring Pleasure During Menstruation: Learn how menstrual changes may influence sensitivity and comfort, and discover different approaches to sexual pleasure, including external stimulation, oral sex, manual stimulation, and penetration when desired.
• Navigating Comfort, Cramps, and Physical Symptoms: Examine how menstrual cramps, bloating, fatigue, pelvic discomfort, and other symptoms can affect intimacy, including ways to adapt sexual activities, positioning, and expectations based on individual needs.
• Understanding Hygiene and Practical Preparation: Discover approaches to managing menstrual blood during intimacy, including towels, waterproof barriers, shower play, and considerations for menstrual products, without treating menstruation as inherently dirty or unhygienic.
• Sexual Health and Safer Period Sex: Learn about STI transmission considerations, barrier methods, pregnancy possibilities during menstruation, and why menstrual bleeding does not eliminate the need for safer sex practices or contraception when relevant.
• Communicating Boundaries and Preferences: Develop strategies for discussing comfort levels, concerns about menstrual blood, sexual desires, and individual boundaries while respecting that some people enjoy period sex and others prefer to avoid it.
• Exploring Intimacy Beyond Penetration: Discover ways to maintain physical and emotional connection through sensual touch, massage, mutual masturbation, and other forms of intimacy that accommodate changing comfort levels and preferences.
• Understanding Menstrual Health and Individual Differences: Examine how conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, dysmenorrhea, and other menstrual health concerns can influence sexual experiences, and why pain should not be dismissed as an unavoidable part of intimacy.
• Building a More Positive Relationship with Menstruation: Explore strategies for challenging internalized menstrual shame, developing greater body awareness, and approaching the menstrual cycle with curiosity, self-compassion, and respect for personal autonomy.

Whether you’re interested in incorporating period sex into your intimate experiences, looking to better understand how your menstrual cycle influences pleasure, or hoping to challenge the stigma surrounding menstruation, Period Sex: Embracing Intimacy at Every Stage of the Cycle provides an inclusive, practical foundation for navigating sexual wellness throughout the month. You’ll leave with a stronger understanding of menstrual physiology, adaptable strategies for managing comfort and hygiene, and communication tools that support more informed and satisfying intimate experiences. Menstruation doesn’t automatically mean intimacy has to stop, but it also doesn’t mean anyone should feel obligated to engage in sexual activity. The goal is to make informed choices that honor your body’s needs, your boundaries, and your individual relationship with pleasure.

This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and each session is approved for 1 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. However, completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact Lilith@LilithFoxx.com.