Evo Psych and menstruation

[communicator]

I've done a few posts on this blog about Evolutionary Psychology, which I despise. I don't disagree that evolution has had an impact on our psychology, but the way that EvoPsych describes that impact is quite wrong in my opinion. And, like economics and philosophy, it is tainted by modern politics

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[tehomet]

Your theory makes much more sense than the Evo Psych one.

I personally thought that the PIV-sex-during-menstruation taboo common to many cultures simply rose from a blend of the fear of blood with the standard patriarchal shunning of anything female. Menstruation, being something only women do, is shunned. Sex, being something that (in heterosexism) requires a woman even though women are 'bad', is shunned. Put the two together and watch the patriarchal man's head explode.

Another strand to this is that PIV-sex-during-menstruation is less likely to lead to conception, and reproduction-centrism is a feature of heterosexism.

Additionally, I have read that menstruation is actually the time when a lot of women feel a very strong surge in sexual desire, the strongest surge of their monthly cycle. This is certainly true for me.

You can see why the patriarchy would be against having PIV-sex at a time when these women would be most likely to enjoy it, and not only that but not get pregnant as a result. God forbid! :)