Sex with Bex 2.2

In keeping with the theme of the animal rights issue I thought I’d start off this Sex with Bex talking about Limax maximus, or Leopard Slugs and their aerial mating. Boy howdy is it fancy! Leopard Slugs are giant spotted slugs that can be found in Canada, but they are not indigenous, they were brought over by the Europeans.

Leopard slugs have a combination of sex organs with names like “ovotestis” and “spermoviduct” but mating takes two, and both slugs end up laying eggs.

The two slugs start off engaging foreplay by wrapping around each other and having a long session of mutual licking. Then they dangling from about a metre of slime, which they anchor on tree bark.



Once their gooey chord is complete, the fun begins. The genitals of both slugs, which are thin, translucent and kind of blue, come out of the sides of their heads and dangle down.



The two organs entwine and combine to make a bulbous kind of strawberry sized structure where they combine sperm and egg type goo.





This whole process takes up to about two hours. These pictures are from here.


You can definitely see videos on Youtube. Have fun with that!

Keep sending me your questions or suggestions of what you’d like to see from Sex with Bex to bexualintercourse@gmail.com.




Dear Bex,

Every time I have hard kinky queer sex with my girlfriend I bleed. It’s not painful when we’re having sex, but I bleed for about a day after. Am I getting my period? What’s going on!

Lust Blood

Dear LB,

Sometimes vigorous sex can lead to tears in the sensitive skin inside the vagina, but it doesn’t seem like that should last until the day after sex. Maybe you should get your iron levels checked out?

Bleeding after sex can be caused by inflammations on the surface of the cervix (which is the entrance to the uterus up inside the vagina). These are called “cervical erosions”, which sound scary but don’t seem to be a big deal. These erosions are common in young women, pregnant women, and women on the pill. Bleeding can also be caused by small growths on the cervix called “polyps” which are almost always benign. Infections like Chlamydia and cystitis are also causes of post-sex bleeding. Any of these things need to be checked out by a doctor to make sure that you can treat them as soon as possible. (www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk)

If you check out and don’t have any of these possible causes of the bleeding, using some extra lube might help because tears in the vagina are easier to make if it’s dry. Good luck!





Bex,

What’s the deal with the morning after pill? I’ve never had to use one and I don’t really know how it works in Ontario or where to get one if I need it. Thanks!

-Justine Case

Morning After Pills are also called Emergency Contraceptive Pills and are available in Ontario without prescription, so you just have to go to your local drugstore and consult with a pharmacist. They cost around $40 and because they’re not prescription they aren’t covered under the UofG drug plan.

Emergency Contraceptive Pills are high-dose hormone pills that women can take up to three days (72 hours) after having unprotected, heterosexual, penis into vagina, sex. Unprotected sex means that no form of birth control was used, or that a condom broke or slipped off, etc. EC pills are most effective if they are taken sooner rather than later.

EC pills work depending on what point of your cycle you’re in. They can stop or delay the release of an egg, they can prevent an egg from being fertilized, or they can alter the lining of the uterus so that a fertilized egg cannot attach. EC pills will not terminate a pregnancy, and if you are already pregnant when you take the pill it will not harm your fetus. The EC pill will also not keep you from getting pregnant after you take it, so you need to use birth control immediately. Most common side effects are nausea and vomiting. Other side effects include tender breasts, bloating, headaches, and irregular bleeding. (Rexall Emergency Contraception pamphlet and conversation with the Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacy)