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- From: jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jennifer S Broekman)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: sex, menstruation, endometriosis
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.175213.20410@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 17:52:13 GMT
- References: <1993Jan2.224342.4115@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> <1993Jan3.165714.26158@athena.mit.edu>
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- Reply-To: jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jennifer S Broekman)
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- In article <1993Jan3.165714.26158@athena.mit.edu>
- jgnassi@athena.mit.edu (John Angelo Gnassi) writes:
- >BTW, you mention that orgasm helps menstrual cramps, and I've heard
- >this from several people. Admittedly, this probably varies a lot
- >from person to person, but does anyone know why this might be so?
- >Although the nonpregnant uterus is only slightly sensitive to the
- >effects of oxytocin, its release during orgasm would, if anything,
- >serve to worsen cramping. Would anyone care to rationalize a
- >physiologic explanation if an answer isn't well established?
-
- I've heard this guess from a couple of people and it seems reasonable to
- me: intercourse helps cramps because the cervix is massaged. Massage with
- the fingertips works at least as well as intercourse does, at least in my
- experience and that of the other women who suggested this interpretation.
-
- -jenneke
-
- Only Boys Accepting Feminism Get Kissed Meaningfully -- Geoff Marcy
- The only unnatural sexual act is that which you cannot perform. - Alfred Kinsey
- jenneke is: jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
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