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What’s the take care of peeing after intercourse when you’ve got a vagina? I’ve a vagina and have solely dated individuals with vaginas, and it appears nobody can provide me a straight reply! Rising up, I keep in mind being suggested to pee after intercourse in intercourse ed, and buddies I’ve requested appear to assume it’s a good suggestion as nicely to stop UTIs. However web searches flip up combined outcomes, and I don’t know what to assume anymore. On-line, I’ve seen all the pieces from articles saying it doesn’t make any distinction in any respect, to recommendation to pee in spite of everything intercourse acts together with masturbation. There’s little or no consensus, and it’s tough to discern what info has precise medical analysis behind it and what doesn’t.
I’ve had lovers who pee after intercourse religiously, ones who achieve this solely typically, and ones who by no means do. My present companion doesn’t pee after intercourse except they’ve the urge to, whereas I just about all the time do (nevertheless it’s extra motivated by desirous to sop up all of the wetness than by UTI prevention). Neither of us has ever gotten a UTI (knock on wooden). I solely know two individuals who have informed me they’ve had UTIs: an in depth buddy who was fairly certain it was attributable to her companion not washing his palms, and my older sister who will get them considerably ceaselessly, however solely from penis-in-vagina intercourse. (In reality, my older sister has informed me I’m fortunate I’m a lesbian as a result of I don’t have the type of intercourse that results in them, however I can’t work out how getting penetrated with a strap-on could be any completely different from a penis on this circumstance).
All of this leaves me with the next questions: How necessary is it actually to pee after intercourse? How large is the chance of UTIs should you don’t? Are UTIs the one danger, or is there one thing else we needs to be fearful about too? How quickly after intercourse must you pee? What if intercourse lasts for a very long time, like a number of hours? In that case, do it’s a must to take breaks to pee, and if that’s the case, how usually? Does the quantity of pee matter? Is my sister proper that PIV intercourse is extra dangerous? Ought to I encourage companions to pee after we have now intercourse? I notice this can be a lot of questions, however I’m each anxious and curious. Assist!
—To Pee or To not Pee
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There’s no single reply to every of those questions as a result of everybody’s physique is completely different. To make the scenario much more complicated, our our bodies and bodily care wants change as we age. And, even when your intercourse ed was only some years in the past, science positive aspects extra perception and nuance as time goes on—though sexual well being and the entire uterus-ovary-vulva scenario remains to be woefully understudied. However I reached out to Stacy De-Lin, MD, the Affiliate Medical Director of Deliberate Parenthood Hudson Peconic, for some perception into UTIs and your questions. Right here’s a few of what De-Lin wrote again:
In a single massive case-control research, the frequency of sexual activity was the strongest danger issue for urinary tract infections for sufferers with vaginas. Nevertheless, different danger elements recognized have been issues like use of spermicides throughout intercourse, having a brand new intercourse companion in the course of the previous yr, having a primary UTI at or earlier than 15 years of age, or having a mom with a historical past of UTIs. This genetic hyperlink is definitely fairly necessary! A number of different research counsel that girls with recurrent UTIs have elevated susceptibility to vaginal colonization with UTI-causing micro organism in contrast with individuals with vaginas with out a historical past of recurrence, attributable to a better propensity for micro organism to stick to the urethral cells of such individuals with vaginas. Translation: Some individuals simply are born with sure cells of their urethra that make UTIs extra probably.
You, your present companion, and your mates who’ve by no means had a UTI most likely lucked out—you could not have these cells that make UTIs extra probably. And because you’re not getting them, Dr. De-Lin famous that in your case, there’s most likely no must race to the bathroom after intercourse, however as you stated, you prefer to dry off anyway. In the meantime, for ladies like your sister, sure, urinating after intercourse might certainly assist. De-Lin talked about that in case your sister’s infections are frequent she might wish to converse to her physician about postcoital prophylaxis, which is a preventative care measure within the type of a single dose of antibiotic after intercourse.
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I’m a 30-something girl, and I’m feeling fairly pressured, and never in a great way. There’s a lot speak about oral intercourse being the head of any girl’s intercourse life, and I simply am not very impressed by it. I’ve a male companion of over a decade and he doesn’t appear to like performing it both as a result of I largely swap to a trusty vibe to complete. We do different stuff and that has suited us high quality for this lengthy! Friction is simply meh for me and I a lot want vibration. It’s all the time been this manner however I really feel like there’s something mistaken with me and my relationship as a result of I simply can’t get a lot into him happening below. Is there something mistaken with ignoring the hype and simply going our personal approach?
—Below Strain
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Nope. There’s nothing mistaken with taking the points of sexuality that work with you and leaving the remaining behind. You and your companion are each completely satisfied with out oral intercourse. Get pleasure from your “different stuff.”
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My companion (I’m pan, they’re not) has recommended on a number of events that I decide some porn or erotica for us to take pleasure in collectively to encourage our intercourse life. On paper, I’m , and I’ve tried websites like CrashPad and different issues particularly aimed toward queer ladies, in addition to the huge compilation of erotica that’s on the web. I simply, want real-life ladies? If I fantasize, it’s about my companion or another real-life situation. I can’t actually get into it if I can’t emotionally join. However I don’t have the identical downside with heterosexual content material, which I do take pleasure in solo. I do know this wouldn’t be scorching to them in any respect, and typically my sexuality makes them insecure. I’m embarrassed, and likewise at 30, too previous to really feel so bizarre about this. What do I do?
—I Wish to However…
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Since your pansexuality causes your companion some insecurity, and I’m getting the sense that the insecurity is round pairings that contain one individual with a penis and one other with a vulva, I might suggest steering away from bringing the heterosexual porn that you simply take pleasure in in your solo time into the intercourse you share together with your companion. I’m additionally questioning whether or not your companion’s insecurities have something to do with the truth that your intercourse life appears like one thing that must be “inspired.” And I’m virtually sure that your bizarre emotions and embarrassment need to do together with your companion’s insecurity.
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Pansexual and bisexual persons are usually topic to doubts about their skill to have interaction in constancy. There are the same old questions like, ”Don’t you miss [other gender]?” and “How can I fulfill you once I solely have one set of elements?” in addition to the stereotypes that bi and pan persons are inherently unhealthy at selecting. To counsel that people who find themselves solely into ladies wish to have intercourse with all ladies, and may’t commit to at least one girl with all these different choices on the market, could be seen as ridiculous, however these beliefs persist. So should you’re getting any of that type of enter out of your companion, take into account whether or not the weirdness you’re feeling is a symptom of one thing deeper.
So far as your precise query, I’m questioning whether or not attending to know the performers within the queer porn you would possibly watch, in a parasocial type of approach, may make it easier to fantasize about them extra simply. Most people who work in porn, queer or not, have social media accounts, blogs, and interviews obtainable which present a few of their persona. It could be sufficient that will help you really feel like them to a level that makes them fantasy materials.
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My girlfriend and I’ve been relationship for about two months. She shouldn’t be on contraception and doesn’t have an IUD. I went out and purchased a bunch of condoms, and I used a condom for our first time. Nevertheless, after this, she requested me to go with out and end on her quite than inside her. Regardless of this being a really unhealthy concept, I did it (and averted having an oopsie inside her) three extra occasions.