It's kind of disheartening that we have to keep banging on about all the amazing ways in which masturbation is good for you (and your health) but hey, some people still aren't getting it. But hopefully the non-believers will be one step closer to thinking of masturbation as the awesome self-loving thing that it is, with the launch of a porn site's new campaign.
Pornhub (don't pretend you don't know what it is) has just launched F*ck Your Period - "an educational campaign championing various benefits of orgasming during the menstrual cycle". Basically, they're encouraging women to masturbate during menstruation. How? By giving women free access to Pornhub Premium (the HD on-demand streaming service) for the duration of their period.
While some women have the worst periods imaginable, where the very idea of touching themselves is enough to make them scream into a pillow and want to hibernate for days, for others it can be a huge relief. Doctors have long praised the benefits of solo sex for easing cramps and uterine pain due to the oxytocin and dopamine released when you orgasm.
Even if you don't experience extreme PMS every month, masturbating can make you feel that little bit better about yourself and your body while it's busy doing all the cool menstrual stuff it's evolved to do.
So, if you want to get free access to HD videos (I wouldn't say no) when you're next on your period, visit the site and enter the info about your cycle. When your 'due on' day comes you'll have the link to Pornhub Premium emailed to you so you can then access the good stuff. Plus, you'll get these sent to you to coincide with three consecutive periods.
Ride that crimson wave!
Paisley is the former Sex and Relationships editor at Cosmopolitan UK. She covers everything from sex toys, how to masturbate and sex positions, to all things LGBTQ. She definitely reveals too much about her personal life on the Internet.
