Aunt Flo, Shark Week, Time of the Month. What is your favourite euphemism to avoid saying the word menstruation? Menstruation happens to half of the population at some point in their lives, but it is taboo in many places. This taboo prevents us from talking openly about menstruation and the menstrual cycle because it is seen as icky and gross. Of all the topics related to sex, the menstrual cycle might be the most shrouded in mystery.

How much pain is normal during your period? Is PMS real? When during the cycle is pregnancy a risk? Can you answer these questions? Listen in to learn about things you might not know about the menstrual cycle.

Periods? What do we know? Do we know things? Let's find out!

Links mentioned in this episode

Wikipedia entry about the menstrual cycle.

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Hosted by Dr. Lisa Dawn Hamilton, psychology professor and sex educator.

Production and script assistance by Matt Tunnacliffe

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the last episode of DWKT, I promised an episode on the menstrual cycle, but something urgent came up. That urgent matter was the birth control discussion on Love is Blind season 6. One of the couples decides not to have penis-vagina sex because they really, really don't want to get pregnant. At first I judged them, but then thanks to an Instagram post, I came around and realized I was a jerk. Listen as I talk about why we shouldn't judge them, comment on the horror that is sex ed and reproductive health in the U.S., and give a crash course on birth control.

Birth Control! What do we know? Do we know things? Let's find out!

Links mentioned in this episode

The IG post is in this reel

Vasalgel website

The next episode is about all thinks menstruation: Ask questions anonymously here.

Download the script here.

Hosted by Dr. Lisa Dawn Hamilton, psychology professor and sex educator.

Production and script assistance by Matt Tunnacliffe

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What the heck is the Coolidge Effect? Sex research nerds will be familiar with this term, but others might not. It is a specific sexual phenomenon named after an urban legend about U.S. President Calvin Coolidge. Sound odd? It is! And the researcher who named it that did it as a hoax. This episode will take us on an oddly detailed journey through rat sex research, examine our human biases about sex, and look at whether or not men need more sexual variety than women.

The Coolidge Effect! What do we know? Do we know things? Let's find out!

Links mentioned in this episode

The next episode is about all thinks menstruation: Ask questions anonymously here.

Download the script here.

Hosted by Dr. Lisa Dawn Hamilton, psychology professor and sex educator.

Production and script assistance by Matt Tunnacliffe

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.