6 Common Sex Myths

This Is Why These Six Sex Myths Aren't True

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Myths about sex are rife in our society. They occur because people pass off partial information as fact. Or, just as often, they have no information and invent sexual facts — using their common sense or fantasy sense — as they go along. It would be quite amusing if sexual satisfaction weren't at stake.

The facts get mixed up because ”experts” often change their minds or can’t actually agree, such as in the case of the female G-spot — some experts still aren’t convinced and some of them are women. I will put to rest a few common misconceptions about sex that are due to their proximity to fact.

1- Period sex is safe sex

Why we think this: The popular belief is that if you have sex during her period, she can’t get pregnant. This myth originated from the fact that a period "tells" her body, “Okay, you’re not pregnant, so let’s get rid of that egg and start again.” Logically, if the egg is out and the next one is far away, there is no egg to be impregnated by sperm.

The reality: Overall, this is a reasonable assumption to make, and in many cases, it works fine. When periods are regular and ovulation — the release of the egg and the most fertile time of her cycle — is predictable, it can be reasonably assumed that a woman cannot get pregnant at this time. The reason this myth is false is because sperm can survive in the vagina for up to seven days, and an egg can survive for three. If she has irregular periods and ovulates closer to her period, the egg and sperm transit times get crossed. In a normal 28-day cycle, ovulation occurs two weeks before the next period. So, unless you and your girl know her cycle very intimately, don’t play with fire — you might just get burned.

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2 - Withdrawal contraception works

Why we think this: It is reasonable to assume that if no sperm is deposited in the female, she won’t get pregnant.

The reality: All men have some pre-ejaculate, which contains little live sperm that will quite happily wiggle their way up to the egg to fertilize it without too much trouble at all. This happens whether or not you pull out before you ejaculate. Ejaculating inside her will, of course, increase the chances of her becoming pregnant — but any sperm is good sperm and her eggs won’t discriminate.

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