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[[Image:Wiki-gokkun.png|thumb|right|a cartoon character consuming a large quantity of [[semen]] from a container]] |
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'''Semen ingestion''' may be either for erotic gratification ([[gokkun]]), or in the belief that it has nutritional value, physical or spiritual benefits. Sources of semen are either from human males or male animals. Semen ingestion may happen when [[fellatio]] is performed to climax. Some men and women may claim to enjoy ingesting [[semen]]; however few women praise the taste.<ref>Staines, L. ''What women want'' Rodale, 2000, ISBN 157954093, p.236</ref> |
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==Purported health benefits== |
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Semen contains some protein, and small amounts of minerals such as zinc and selenium, and has about five calories per teaspoon, as it is mainly composed of water. Further benefit is suggested by research indicating that semen has antidepressant properties because of epinephrine<ref>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2457-semen-acts-as-an-antidepressant.html Semen acts as an anti-depressant </ref> and various mood-altering hormones that it contains, and it has thus been called, "Nature's Prozac."<ref>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2457-semen-acts-as-an-antidepressant.html</ref> One study claimed that vaginal exposure to semen reduces the risk of breast cancer "not less than 50%" in married women,<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/566883</ref> however it did not discuss oral ingestion of semen. Semen contains a substance which conditions a mother's immune system to accept the "foreign" proteins found in sperm as well as the resulting fetus and placenta, keeping blood pressure low and thereby reducing the risk of [[preeclampsia]]. Regular exposure to the bay's father's semen, especially orally, may help a woman's pregnancy safer and more successful, because she is absorbing her partner's [[antigens]].<ref>http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1340021</ref> |
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== Taste and Quantity == |
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As with breast milk, the taste of semen may be altered by diet. Higher red meat and dairy intake may increase its generally salty taste. Asparagus has been noted to cause bitterness, while parsley, celery, cinnamon, and many kinds of fruit (especially tropical) are noted to sweeten it. The semen of heavy smokers and drinkers tends to carry a more acrid taste. The volume of semen ejaculate varies, but a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful is normal (5 to 15 mL), making 10 cc close to average. However, the amounts can be double or more in cases of prolonged interval between ejaculations, or depending on the man himself. Younger males tend to produce higher quantities.<ref>http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/17/9/2468</ref> |
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== Cultural practices == |
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Several tribes of [[Papua New Guinea]] (the [[Etoro]], Sambia, Kaluli and Gebusi) believe that semen provides sexual maturation among the younger men of their tribe. To them, semen possesses the manly nature of the tribal elders, and in order to pass down their authority and powers, younger men of their next generation must drink their elders' semen. This fellatio and seminophagia custom commences among prepubescent males and postpubescents.<ref>http://www.gettingit.com/article/56</ref><ref> |
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http://www.healthmad.com/Men's-Health/Weird-Facts-About-Semen.263033</ref> In the modern [[St. Priapus Church]], consumption of semen in the presence of others is a form of worship.<ref>J. Gordon Melton (1996, 5th ed.). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Detroit, Mich.: Gale) ISBN 0810377144 p. 952.</ref> The Gnostic Mass composed by [[Aleister Crowley]] included the consumption of semen and menstrual blood,<ref>Gallagher, Eugene. Ashcraft, Michael. ''Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America'', Greenwood, 2006, ISBN 0275987124, p.101</ref> however some chapters of the [[Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica]] now do not practice this due to the potential risk of [[sexually transmitted disease]]. |
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==Criticism of health claims for semen ingestion== |
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Although some writers in the past, such as [[Havelock Ellis]] and, citing Ellis' sources, [[Marie Stopes]], have said that consumption of semen is good for women's physical and mental health and prevents perversions such as [[lesbianism]] and [[nymphomania]], this has been seen as a way of reinforcing the [[patriarchy]]; women's dependence upon men.<ref>Foster, G.A. ''Captive bodies'', SUNY press, 1999. ISBN 0791441555 p 61.</ref> |
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==Health risks== |
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Oral sex is a risk factor for [[sexually transmitted disease]]s such as [[HIV]] or [[herpes]].<ref>Rosenthal, Sara. ''The Gynecological Sourcebook'', McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003, ISBN 0071402799 p151</ref> Even if semen is cold before the individual ingests it, viruses can stay contagious for a long period of time once outside the body. |
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== In the media == |
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Semen ingestion is a subject in [[pornography]], and humor in the popular media. References to seminophagia include: |
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*In the 2002 film ''[[National Lampoon's Van Wilder]]'', when as a [[practical joke]], Van and his friends replace the cream inside some pastries with dog semen and send them to Richard's fraternity, where the frat brothers begin eating and don't realize what it is until it's too late. |
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*In the 2004 film ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'', the possibly mentally imbalanced employee at a Burger Shack outlet hints to Harold and Kumar that he puts animal semen as a secret ingredient in the "special sauce". |
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*In the 2006 film ''[[Jackass Number Two]]'', the cast take turns drinking horse semen. |
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*In the 2007 film ''[[American Pie Presents: Beta House]]'', Dwight Stiffler and the leader of the GEEK house, take turns in Russian roulette with gun barrels full of horse semen, during the games named Greek Olympiad. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Fellatio]] |
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*[[Snowballing (sexual practice)]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Oral eroticism]] |
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[[Category:Eating behaviors]] |
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[[Category:Paraphilias]] |
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[[Category:Sexual fetishism]] |
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[[Category:Male reproductive system]] |
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