Does anybody account for menstrual/ovulation cycles in your stories?

[ElectricBlue]

I guess so far it seems some have mentioned it, most think it is just a normal function. I am going to stick out my neck here because I am not going to check and quote sources, but there might be some evidence that neither menstruation nor ovulation are just "normal functions".

Surely menstruation and ovulation is a "normal" biological function (we're animals after all, with a drive to reproduce); it's how individuals (both men and women) and cultures put their spin on it, is where the taboos and fetishism creep in.

 

[John_Vandermeer]

Ok. Much better way to say it. Point was it is not just like the mundane we chose to exclude from an erotica story because it is mundane and irrelevant. There are both constraints and opportunities. Women feel and act different, and men feel and act different towards women, because of where women are in the cycle.

 

[alohadave]

I wrote a story with ED in it - albeit temporarily. And another with anal cleansing.

Em

I have WIP with an older man who can't get a full erection.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I have WIP with an older man who can't get a full erection.

My guy’s age was unspecified, but he refers to himself as old, “my advanced years” etc. in several places.

I wasn’t specifically making a point about ED, more people’s expectations of something long-awaited and also how what you think you need and what you actually need may not align.

Em

 

[lc69hunter]

I just submitted a story where a male character is reluctant to, but does, go down on a menstruating FMC. And I am about to draft another where the MMC finds the FMC sweeter because she is ovulating. Anybody else fetishizes that?

I earned my red wings decades ago, just to say I did it.

 

[Britva415]

Not menstruation, but ovulation and impregnation.

 

[PennameWombat]

Have I ever included mention of these as reflection of a fetish? No.

Have I included the odd mention because they exist in real life and may impact the way men and women approach sex? Yes, depending on the level of realism for which I'm aiming and other story-specific needs. But I've never included the exact scenario you describe, nor am I likely to.

Do I always account for them in stories? Of course not.

I've written post-apocalyptic and other settings where understanding of and control of fertility is an important subtext, for both population control and genetic diversity. But those are fantastical, high-tech settings where it's done by societal consent based around strict limits on space and resources.

 

[Pabiporffor]

I just write, "it was a backdoor day.. "

 

[TheRedChamber]

For some reason, the word 'accounting' in your title gave me an image of George R R Martin having a massive chart of the cycles of all his female characters complete with notes stapled into the back of his world-bible.

Sansa Stark - regular as clockwork when moon is waning gibbous. Heavy for two days with cramps, lighter for three to four days afterwards.
Brienne of Tarth - varies between 24 to 36 days, tending late when under stress or facing combat. Flow also variable.
Cersei Lannister - regularish 26-29 days. Far more likely to order assassination of opponents in days prior.
Etc

To answer your question, no - it is yet to come up in my stories and it's not something I'm going to be in a rush to add.

(Note: Male, no idea if what I wrote above is anywhere near believable)

 

[John_Vandermeer]

For some reason, the word 'accounting' in your title gave me an image of George R R Martin having a massive chart of the cycles of all his female characters complete with notes stapled into the back of his world-bible.

Sansa Stark - regular as clockwork when moon is waning gibbous. Heavy for two days with cramps, lighter for three to four days afterwards.
Brienne of Tarth - varies between 24 to 36 days, tending late when under stress or facing combat. Flow also variable.
Cersei Lannister - regularish 26-29 days. Far more likely to order assassination of opponents in days prior.
Etc

To answer your question, no - it is yet to come up in my stories and it's not something I'm going to be in a rush to add.

(Note: Male, no idea if what I wrote above is anywhere near believable)

But it is hysterical

 

[John_Vandermeer]

For some reason, the word 'accounting' in your title gave me an image of George R R Martin having a massive chart of the cycles of all his female characters complete with notes stapled into the back of his world-bible.

Sansa Stark - regular as clockwork when moon is waning gibbous. Heavy for two days with cramps, lighter for three to four days afterwards.
Brienne of Tarth - varies between 24 to 36 days, tending late when under stress or facing combat. Flow also variable.
Cersei Lannister - regularish 26-29 days. Far more likely to order assassination of opponents in days prior.
Etc

To answer your question, no - it is yet to come up in my stories and it's not something I'm going to be in a rush to add.

(Note: Male, no idea if what I wrote above is anywhere near believable)

So many more to “account” for Daenerys, Arya…

 

[jehoram]

As people have very properly noted, menstruation is normal, natural and certainly exerts some degree of influence on any MF relationship. That said, I doubt what you are describing is going to win a lot of approval from 'mainstream' readers even here.

Well, Chapter 5 of "A Very Private Beach" included a riff on menstruation, where the woman starts her period at the beginning of the story. Then they fuck in public and then, with their genetalia all gory with menses, go to the water to wash off. It seemed to do as well with readers as the other chapters in the story.

 

[Rob_Royale]

No and I doubt I will. I write fantasies, and menstruation (like ED, birth control and STD prevention) is a bit too much reality for me.

 

[YDB95]

Lots of my stories mention it, but they don't fetishize it. (Now, if some of my readers choose to fetishize my mentions of it, that's up to them.)

 

[Bramblethorn]

For some reason, the word 'accounting' in your title gave me an image of George R R Martin having a massive chart of the cycles of all his female characters complete with notes stapled into the back of his world-bible.

How else does one schedule a Red Wedding?

sorry

 

[RetroFan]

I've used menstruation in many stories for different reasons.

Sometimes it's for fetish reasons, for example in one of my stories the stepbrother fetishizes the stepsister's periods, or one where a guy secretly watches his wife's much younger half sister when she is on the toilet during her time of the month. Sometimes its for a birth control reason, for example the two main characters about to have sex in a situation where it would be unrealistic for them to have a type of birth control and the female character mentions she finished her last period a day or two earlier so is unlikely to get pregnant.

On other occasions I have used it for comedy purposes, such as female characters having PMS and getting angry at male characters; male characters with crushes on female characters who find it hard to believe they actually get their periods; and to make fun of stupid guys and their ignorance of menstruation, such as in one story involving two dim-witted male twins where one convinces the other that periods come out of girl's anuses rather than their vaginas.

Other uses for menstruation I have found in my stories is to establish female personalities. For example when we first meet Breanna from Trailer Trash Teen Hates Rules she is on her period, and throws a dirty sanitary pad onto the floor of the bathroom which goes to show what a dirty slut she is. I've used it in a story about identical mirror image twins to show how similar the girls are, that their periods synchronize to the second. Writing so many stories set in the past, I have used periods to show different times, female characters wearing belted sanitary pads and using out-dated terms for menstruation like the curse.

I have also used it for drama, such as in one lesbian story a shy girl has her period and bleeds through her pad onto her clothes, and is very upset and starts to cry when she sees what happened, the girl across the road comforting her and getting her some new clothes and a new pad to wear.

 

[Grendelpuppy]

I absolutely include references to ovulation and menstruation in my stories. pregnancy risk is a major kink for me. you can't reference pregnancy risk without taking notice of menstruation and ovulation. btw, I have earned my redwings by performing oral sex on a woman while she is menstruating. it is no big deal, especially if she showers before.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Does anybody account for menstrual/ovulation cycles in your stories?​

Whether or not I was influenced by this thread, I am covering this issue (or an analogous one) in a current story.

Em

 

[Grendelpuppy]

Whether or not I was influenced by this thread, I am covering this issue (or an analogous one) in a current story.

Em

i cant wait to read it

 

[SirBurnInside]

I did an interracial breeding story that obviously included references about the fertility window being open and things like that, but like has been said, I write fiction for pleasure purposes so didn't really do a deep dive and go for absolute clinical accuracy in what I write.

If our stories were all done realistically and took into account the reality things would be FAR less sexy overall I'm sure... with tons of sex scenes interrupted by men putting on condoms, losing erections and having to think sexy things to get it up again, finishing within a couple of minutes instead of lasting hours, and women not having multiple orgasms and passing out from the sheer prowess of their partner's skills in bed.

 

[Athalia]

On a related note, I wrote of a female character having sex almost every day for a month. She should have had a period in there somewhere. Fortunately, my literary license hasn't expired.

For even some fertile women, periods aren't clockwork, but vary depending on their general health, the nutrition and exercise they're getting, and their stress levels. And others have already pointed out why it's possible for a woman to go an entire month without a period.

I often do because it's a natural function of women and they can't very well ignore it. Any man in a relationship with a woman , and not necessarily a sexual relationship, will either know or learn when it happens if that relationship lasts more than a month or so. It's just something a woman has to take care of that interrupts the relationship somewhat for a week or so. Now, I have written that some women tend to be at least a little more receptive to sex during that time because. I suppose that could be considered erotic. For my female characters though, it's just something they have to explain if the man senses that something has changed.

That's the way I approach it. I like to think that my readers are women who see themselves in my characters. And these women's periods are significant parts of their own lives. No fetishes involved, because it's not a subject for arousal per se, but it could affect whether they're positive about sex at that particular point in the story. When I write that into a story, I think it's simply making the character more real to my readers.

I guess so far it seems some have mentioned it, most think it is just a normal function. I am going to stick out my neck here because I am not going to check and quote sources, but there might be some evidence that neither menstruation nor ovulation are just "normal functions".

I get your point, and someone else has already given my response: Menstruation is a normal function. Attitudes toward menstruation can be anything but normal, depending on a huge variety of factors: a girl's education on the subject (particularly before it starts), social attitudes, religious mores, prejudices on the part of men, and even budgetary concerns... these supplies cost money, you know, and there's even a stupid sales tax on it in many states, as if it's a luxury that women can take or leave. But I digress.

The fact that we're having this discussion at all illustrates the impact menstruation has on the lives of both the women experiencing it and the men and women they're with. If our stories are grounded in reality, it's going to creep into my stories one way or another.

 

[EmilyMiller]

i cant wait to read it

Thanks, hun. Out today.

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

Thanks, hun. Out today.

Em

I have a spreadsheet with days in the cycle and events in the story.

Em

 

[jehoram]

and even budgetary concerns... these supplies cost money, you know, and there's even a stupid sales tax on it in many states, as if it's a luxury that women can take or leave.

That's incredibly stupid, I agree. I hope that legislators take note.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

This is Literotica, the perfect sex world where nobody gets stds, pregnant, all buttholes are clean, contraception doesn't exist and periods don't exist. And orgasms are plentiful. A fucking bacanal of fucking.

*Unless plot calls for it.