Today’s “humans are weird space orcs” is about human periods and mating. It’s actually a humans are weird love story. The alien Rold’exion meets a human female who is on her period:
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Humans are Weird – Periods
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“I was originally going to have him do something offensive”
Yup, that’s what all the foreshadowing was indicating. I like romantic mush but that ending was a real swerve from the setup preceding it.
Women are not fertile on their period. The period comes approximately 2 weeks after ovulation and occurs as the woman did not become pregnant. You don’t get pregnant when having a period.
It’s not unheard of, especially if your cycles are irregular. Less common, perhaps. But it can and does happen.
Women are fertile for approximately 2 days per month when they ovulate approximately two weeks after the first day of their period. It can seem like because sperm can survive for up to 5 days if there is sufficient cervical mucus of the right type.