"Let's be brutally honest: Semen has made it into the mouths of many an individual, with mixed opinions over its taste and texture. Anecdotally, semen has been described as tasting "salty", "bitter", "sweet", "like thick Clorox" or of "whatever the ejaculator ate twelve hours before." But which one's true? I mean, really, really true?
The wonderful scientific fact is: nearly all of them. All those chemical compounds that make it one of the body's most complex excretions also serve to give it a unique flavor profile unlike anything else on earth—and the exact taste is dictated by the subtlest differences, which vary man-to-man, day-to-day. Super-sweet? That'll be the fructose. Salty? Excess sodium. Sharp-tasting? That's the citric acid. Metallic? Ugh, zinc. Kinda detergenty? Blame the amines."
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Taste alone is no reason to go near semen, then. But there is another reason why its ingestion might prove appealing. Amongst its 50 constituent chemicals are some that really can make you happy: cortisol (which increases affection), estrone (which elevates mood), oxytocin (ditto), and even serotonin (an antidepressant neurotransmitter). While that may sound good in theory, experiments also suggest that it has a real, measurable effect in practice.
A study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, for instance, showed that—even after adjusting for frequency and quanity of sex—women who have unprotected sex have fewer depressive symptoms than women that have protected sex, or no sex at all. Another, less rigorous, study hinted at similar effects in gay men who don't use condoms.
Sadly, there's been no scientific research conducted into whether oral ingestion of semen has an anti-depressive effect, though it seems likely that it may have at least some small positive effect. There is, however, genuine scientific evidence that suggests swallowing semen may make a woman's pregnancy safer and more successful because she is absorbing her partner's antigens. Good luck with that one.
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some of the protein factors within semen—principally prostatic acid phosphatase—make HIV far, far more potent than when the virus travels by any other means.
In fact, when HIV is carried in sperm it is a a staggering 100,000-fold more potentthan when it is not carried within seminal plasma. If that number scares you, it should: contact with semen is the single most effective way to transmit HIV. So while there seem to be some strong health benefits associated with direct contact with male ejaculate, caution is encouraged if get it from a stranger.
When you're dealing with semen—a liquid so essential to human life and the endurance of the species—show some respect.
The wonderful scientific fact is: nearly all of them. All those chemical compounds that make it one of the body's most complex excretions also serve to give it a unique flavor profile unlike anything else on earth—and the exact taste is dictated by the subtlest differences, which vary man-to-man, day-to-day. Super-sweet? That'll be the fructose. Salty? Excess sodium. Sharp-tasting? That's the citric acid. Metallic? Ugh, zinc. Kinda detergenty? Blame the amines."
yada yada blah blah then this
Taste alone is no reason to go near semen, then. But there is another reason why its ingestion might prove appealing. Amongst its 50 constituent chemicals are some that really can make you happy: cortisol (which increases affection), estrone (which elevates mood), oxytocin (ditto), and even serotonin (an antidepressant neurotransmitter). While that may sound good in theory, experiments also suggest that it has a real, measurable effect in practice.
A study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, for instance, showed that—even after adjusting for frequency and quanity of sex—women who have unprotected sex have fewer depressive symptoms than women that have protected sex, or no sex at all. Another, less rigorous, study hinted at similar effects in gay men who don't use condoms.
Sadly, there's been no scientific research conducted into whether oral ingestion of semen has an anti-depressive effect, though it seems likely that it may have at least some small positive effect. There is, however, genuine scientific evidence that suggests swallowing semen may make a woman's pregnancy safer and more successful because she is absorbing her partner's antigens. Good luck with that one.
some more gobbeldy gook here ....then HOLY SHIT
some of the protein factors within semen—principally prostatic acid phosphatase—make HIV far, far more potent than when the virus travels by any other means.
In fact, when HIV is carried in sperm it is a a staggering 100,000-fold more potentthan when it is not carried within seminal plasma. If that number scares you, it should: contact with semen is the single most effective way to transmit HIV. So while there seem to be some strong health benefits associated with direct contact with male ejaculate, caution is encouraged if get it from a stranger.
When you're dealing with semen—a liquid so essential to human life and the endurance of the species—show some respect.
