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Spermophagia was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 16 October 2009 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Semen. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Medical uses for human semen was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 16 August 2009 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Semen. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Remove advertisement

The reference to "Ron Jeremy" should be removed, as it is clearly an advertisement for one (of many) products. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.141.201.241 (talk) 14:11, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Semen is not the same as seminal fluid

Hi

The first line in the article states that 'Semen is an organic fluid, also known as seminal fluid, that may contain spermatozoa'. This is not correct. Semen is the term for the substance ejaculated from the penis. It consists of seminal fluid, spermatozoa, and other cells. Can this be changed please as it is misleading.

Picture change

It must be said that the current picture is poor, Lighting and the conditions are awful, and it doesn't really show all that much about it http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_semen_in_petri_dish2.jpg that is a picture also here on Wikipedia which does show it far far better I suggest that these are switched, that image wasn't found by me, but from a contribution to the discussion page of the original image

For Mathamatics, Leave Science behind (talk) 21:21, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Semen Ingestion - Taste and Quantity, severe error citing source 46

I am posting a suggested change here because I do not have sufficient privileges to edit this semi-protected article.

The first sentence of section "Taste and Quantity" currently reads: "One source has noted that "...women praise the taste" of semen.[46]"

The meaning of this statement is completely the opposite of what is stated in the reference.

Reference 46 = Staines, L. What women want Rodale, 2000, ISBN 1579540937, p.236. Segments of this book can be viewed for free on Amazon's "Look Inside."

The actual text on page 236 is primarily first-person accounts/opinions from people who find swallowing semen distasteful. The quote the original author of this article may have misunderstood actually reads, "Let's put it this way: We didn't hear one woman praise the taste of semen. (One respondent compared its smell to the household cleansing product Soft Scrub with bleach.)" Either this sentence and the reference should be deleted, or the sentence should be edited to a direct quote from the text stating that no women interviewed for the text praised the taste of semen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snowgray (talk • contribs) 00:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have verified that this is correct, and I have changed the text to "Women usually dislike the taste and smell of semen." That is more in line with what the source says. --Enric Naval (talk) 06:58, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Health effects - Cancer prevention, severe error citing source 12

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Source states that seminal plasma introduced into vagina or anus exacerbates already present pathologies. It does not "prevent and fight cancers" in this situation. As far as I saw, the source does not say anything about seminal plasma causing pathologies.

FYI, source 13 and 14, support the statement in the article that semen reduces the risk of breast cancer by "not less than 50 percent." So, that part is correct.

Source 12

Muller, Melissa; Kurt J. Sales, Arieh A. Katz and Henry N. Jabbour (2006). "Seminal Plasma Promotes the Expression of Tumorigenic and Angiogenic Genes in Cervical Adenocarcinoma Cells via the E-Series Prostanoid 4 Receptor". Endocrinology (The Endocrine Society) 147 (7): 3356–65. doi:10.1210/en.2005-1429. PMID 16574793. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

Link: http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/147/7/3356?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=Jabbour&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.52.60.226 (talk • contribs) 20:39, 27 May 2011

I tried to fix the problem, but I can't interpret the paper well. Please review my changes. --Enric Naval (talk) 23:42, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Marking as answered, edit was made. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 6:55pm • 08:55, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Semen as adhesive or binding agent

There is evidence that both blood and semen were used as adhesive or binding agents in many cultures. Unfortunately the same discomfort with the topic that mars this article and makes it seem humorous in places has prevented the topic from being explored adequately. One not-uncommon use for semen was as a binding agent for bowstring wrapping.