Liking semen, particularly its taste, can be learned over time. Some respondents described how they were at first disgusted by semen when they began to ejaculate but later grew to either accept it or like it. Some think of it as erotic.
Some male respondents mentioned liking the powerful feeling of semen as it rushes out of their penis at ejaculation. Others mentioned liking to see how far it shoots, how thick or thin it is, or how much of it there is. Some said that orgasm just wouldn't be the same without ejaculating semen. A few female respondents mentioned wishing they could know what it feels like to ejaculate. Some older men wished that they could ejaculate as much or as far as they did when they were teens.
Important note: There is nothing unhealthy about eating your own semen if you want to. However, semen can carry STDs, including the AIDS virus (HIV). Therefore, you should not eat anyone else's semen unless you are in a monogamous love relationship — that is, you and your partner have sex only with each other.]
I really like my semen. I like to ejaculate all down my front and then rub it all over my stomach. Sometimes I take a little lick — but not often.
- age 18, Indiana
Because I'm a girl I don't really know what it feels like to ejaculate. But I do have a boyfriend. We often masturbate with each other, and I really like to see him masturbate and ejaculate. I can see the pleasure he gets from emptying his supply. I believe ejaculation is something girls should have, too — it must feel so good. This is not to say female orgasms don't count. I have very strong orgasms, sometimes 4 or 5 times in a row. Still, I would like to trade with a guy for one day to find out what ejaculating feels like.
- age 15, United Kingdom (female)
It's strange: While masturbating, I want to ejaculate because thinking of it gets me more horny. Yet as soon as it's happened, I'm disgusted by it. Still, I can't imagine masturbating without an ejaculation.
- age 16, Holland
Lose the semen; keep the orgasm.
- age 15, United Kingdom
Semen is so gross. After sex you have to wear a pad all day for it all to come out — *yuck!* Sex would be *perfect* if there were no semen.
- age 40, Wisconsin (female)
I like semen — not to eat but just to see all of it shoot out! It's amazing to think that if that stuff is shot into a vagina, it develops into a person like us.
- age 16, California
I hated ejaculating when I first started, but now it seems so important. Although it can be messy, once you have accepted it, you really enjoy it. It is really a part of being male, a part of who you are. Therefore I like it — a lot!
- age 18, Argentina
I like it. It adds to the climax. I like to rub it all over my penis and scrotum after I ejaculate. It's tasty, too.
- age 41, Illinois
I don't like it because it's all gross and messy. It would be better without it, I think. Then again, how could we reproduce?
- age 14, Canada
I like semen — it makes me feel "proud" of what I have done. It is a nice outcome.
- age 16, New York
Semen is a natural body fluid, and there is nothing disgusting about it.
- age 23, Oregon
It's a visual part of being a man — visual proof I've achieved orgasm. No "faking."
- age 65, New York
I love semen! I also love ejaculation. It makes me horny.
- age 23, Indiana (female)
I kind of like it; it's cool. I tasted it once, but it wasn't all that great. I kind of wish I had more. I'm proud of it.
- age 17, Michigan
I don't think semen is disgusting. When I masturbate I like to throw my legs over my head right before ejaculation so I can drink it. I would hate it if orgasm wasn't accompanied by ejaculation.
- age 14, Missouri
I think semen is great. It is a part of our body just like spit or tears. I have no problem touching or eating mine. In fact, I enjoy it!
- age 19, Washington
Semen is good. It's warm, and it's a good lubricant if you are going to masturbate a second time. I noticed that the volume of my ejaculate tends to vary depending on how much liquid I have consumed during the day. I also noticed it is a lot thicker and tends to shoot or dribble when I did not drink plenty of fluids. A "friend" of mine once commented that my semen tastes good and sweetish. It just so happened I was drinking a lot of Sprite that day.
- age 28, New Mexico
I like having semen as part of my orgasm. When I first began masturbating I thought it was rather gross, but I just had to get used to it. When I have an orgasm, my favorite part is my semen shooting from the head of my penis. That is the most intense pleasure for me.
- age 18, Kentucky
I think it's all right. I've had lovers with sweet-tasting semen and some whose seed was almost vile-tasting. The prostatic fluid ("pre-cum") aids in lubrication, though, so I'd have to give semen a thumbs up.
- age 16, Nebraska (female)
Semen is great. If it weren't for semen, where would we be? Yeah, it is a great big mess to deal with when you're just stroking yourself solo, but when there's someone else with you it makes everything more exciting and hot. All in all, I know semen *was* a problem for me, but now it's an enhancement to my solo sex life!
- age 16, Guam
Sure, it can leave a mess, but it also gives a strange feeling of accomplishment. It may sound silly, but actually seeing it shoot out gives a sense of purpose.
- age 17, North Dakota
I love semen. It looks great shooting out — sometimes thick, sometimes thin, depending on how often I masturbate. The taste and smell are neat. Unfortunately, just after the orgasm I lose interest in it and just want to wipe it up. Once in a while I just relax after the orgasm, rub the drops around, and then lick my fingers clean. Without being able to watch the ejaculation, an orgasm would be dull. Too bad it doesn't shoot as far as it used to.
- age 63, New Jersey
Well, since I haven't had all that much experience, I'm pretty indecisive. But those spermies have to have a way to get to the egg, so this was how the male body was made. Nature does some strange things, but everything has a purpose.
- age 15, Maine (female)
I love it! First of all, its the best lubricant ever! Also, it smells great. Besides, it's fun to see how far and how much I ejaculate.
- age 16, Ohio
I just started ejaculating not too long ago, and my dry orgasm was *much* better. Now I have to clean up all the time, and if it gets on my face or hair, I don't always catch it right away.
- age 12, Texas
I think I've been classically conditioned to appreciate semen. Every time I encounter it, it's accompanied by an orgasm. I don't think I'd enjoy an orgasm unless semen and ejaculation were involved. So as far as semen goes, I'll keep it.
- age 20, Indiana
Semen is okay, although I sometimes wish it didn't come. When I was younger I could masturbate when and where I wanted. Now I always have to plan my next session just because I ejaculate. (I don't want to leave stains everywhere!) I don't think it's disgusting at all. I love the way it feels when I ejaculate all over my chest.
- age 15, Norway
Orgasm without semen? Doesn't bear thinking about. When I see other guys' semen around, such as in a public washroom, I like to secretly play with it. Mustn't get caught doing this, though.
- age 45, United Kingdom
It's sticky and somewhat nasty.
- age 15, Colorado (female)
Semen's great; it's a major turn-on for me. But it can be bothersome at times, like when I have to forego masturbating just because there's no convenient or discreet way to clean up.
- age 38, Ohio
If I knew, I would tell you — but I still don't ejaculate yet.
- age 15, West Virginia
Having started masturbating at age 7 (before I could ejaculate) I can honestly say ejaculation was so annoying or messy at times, I wished I was 7 again. But now I think the orgasm just wouldn't be as pleasurable without ejaculation as its explosive expression. I think semen is the best part of masturbating.
- age 17, California
To me, releasing my semen is still the "point" of sex. When I go to the bathroom to clean up after my wife and I have intercourse, I love to see a pearly drop or two on the end of my penis.
- age 54, Alabama
I like ejaculating, but sometimes I would prefer not to. When I'm in a hurry to get to orgasm, or when I can't ejaculate too much, it would be better not to. When I am masturbating alone, I like it when my semen shoots far. Then I want to ejaculate very, very much! I tasted my semen but didn't like it, and I wouldn't try it again.
- age 15, Brazil
I love semen. I'm not gay, but my biggest fantasy is to be covered from head to toe in the stuff. I wish I could produce more — gallons at a time and pour it all over my face as I eat it up.
- age 22, Arizona
It's a special part of the orgasm: feeling the spurt of hot fluid splashing onto you. So what if it's messy? It adds to the fun!
- age 15, Scotland
When I give my boyfriend oral sex and he ejaculates in my mouth it's kind of weird-tasting, but it's not anything to freak out over. And another thing — being a female I wish I could ejaculate. I want to know the experience. You guys have it all.
- age 17, Michigan (female)
I guess it depends on the situation. There have been times when semen was really like "being caught with the smoking gun" — there you are, just finishing a session, and you're standing there with a hand full of semen and your mom is looking at you funny.
- age 30, Indiana
I like it. It is my sign of being male. It makes me feel manly.
- age 14, Missouri
I actually think semen is disgusting, especially when I touch it or somehow get it on myself. If my orgasm wasn't accompanied by ejaculation I would be in heaven because I would get the chance to masturbate as often as I want to, and I'd never have to clean up. I would do it in school, in more positions — it would be wonderful!
- age 17, Maryland
I view it as the "badge of honor" for a job well done.
- age 46, Texas
I love it, sharing what our passion produces with my husband is the ultimate in trust. Nothing could bring us closer.
- age 40, California (female)
Having a material secretion makes it seem so much more worthwhile.
- age 17, New Mexico
When I was a teen I thought it was disgusting and dirty stuff, because it came from that "dirty thing." Somewhere along the line I realized my penis was cleaner than my hands, because it stays inside clean underwear and gets bathed regularly. My semen is the same. At my age I would like to be able to produce as much as when I was a teen.
- age 56, California
My boyfriend and I often get each other off instead of having sex. Watching him ejaculate is a big turn on. And if prostatic fluid ("pre-cum") fluid counts, I definitely like it. It makes a great lubricant.
- age 19, California (female)
Doesn't really make much difference...except for the mess!
- age 14, Egypt
Semen is an important part of male sexual practices. It is not disgusting and can be an exciting part of sexual relations with a partner or when masturbating.
- age 25, Canada
I really am stumped. I like it sometimes. I don't like the cleanup afterwards.
- age 14, New Jersey
I like the way semen looks, smells, and tastes. It is part of a being a man — the part you can share between two consenting adults.
- age 35, New Hampshire
I discovered masturbation in about the 5th grade and began to ejaculate about a year later. I was delighted with the look, smell, feel, and yes, taste of my first real ejaculate. I still find my own and other people's semen erotic. I am convinced that because my orgasm was so intense when I first ejaculated, I associate this pleasant experience with producing semen during my adult orgasms. I think of it as just a natural body function.
- age 29, Texas
I like semen for its warmth. When it flies out it's like the "fruit of your loins." I love to feel it build up, knowing it's going to burst all over my chest. I also like the smell of it.
- age 17, Scotland
Bodily fluids aren't disgusting at all; they're more sanitary than what's in your mouth, to be truthful. Messy, yes, but it has an erotic appeal all its own that's worth the cleanup. As long as it doesn't end up in my eye, it's all good.
- age 24, North Carolina (female)
I don't really like the smell of semen. I would prefer that male orgasm weren't accompanied by ejaculation.
- age 16, Singapore
I think semen is pretty gross, but it's also kinda cool. I mean, we came from a gob of that junk, which I think is amazing. If not for that, I would wish I didn't have semen.
- age 18, Florida