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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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Snowballing

In heterosexual couples, a woman who has performed fellatio may afterwards return the semen to her partner's mouth.

A man who receives either his own or another man's semen into his mouth, albeit from a woman's, may self-identify as straight, but the behaviour is not one that would accord with heterosexual norms. I would recommend deleting the phrase In heterosexual couples, and letting the sentence continue thus: A woman who has performed fellatio may afterwards return the semen to her partner's mouth Nuttyskin (talk) 14:03, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"a person" would be better 41.42.83.31 (talk) 13:30, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion in Health ---> Benefits to females

"Females may benefit from absorbing seminal fluid." This section begins normally enough, because the other sections have an implication that we're talking about humans. However, it goes on to say "Such benefits include male insects transferring nutrients to females via their ejaculate; in both humans and bovines, the fluid has antiviral and antibacterial properties; and useful bacteria such as Lactobacillus have been detected in fluid transferred from birds and mammals." Dudanotak (talk) 20:26, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Source?

"Dew was once thought to be a sort of rain that fertilized the earth and, in time, became a metaphor for semen. The Bible employs the term "dew" in this sense in such verses as Song of Solomon 5:2 and Psalm 110:3, declaring, in the latter verse, for example, that the people should follow only a king who was virile enough to be full of the "dew" of youth."

Huh? I can't find any commentaries or anything suggesting that this refers to semen, and for semen to be another term for semen makes no sense in both of these verses. — I'ma editor2022 ^{(🗣️💬 |📖📚)} 02:04, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Although the suggestion that the king is full of semen of the youth is an interesting one, it looks to be some OR which I have removed. Semen is not mentioned in Matthew Henry's Commentary of the verses. Pabsoluterince (talk) 11:26, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Benefits to Females should be Benefits to Individuals

its misleading and pointless to have it be gendered 41.42.83.31 (talk) 13:29, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Although the content in question could probably be improved, the source cited seems to be speaking about females specifically. The sexes are not interchangeable in biology. Crossroads ^-talk- 21:33, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change Semen cryopreservation can be used for far longer storage durations. For human sperm, the longest reported successful storage with this method is 21 years.^[1]

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Semen cryopreservation can be used for far longer storage durations. For human sperm, the longest reported successful storage with this method is 30 years.^[2] Jager Really (talk) 04:08, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The article you cite is talking about a frozen fertilized embryo, not frozen semen. Day Creature (talk) 05:06, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Child born after 21 year semen storage using Planer controlled rate freezer" (Press release). Planer. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
^ Hamzelou, Jessica (2025-07-29). "Exclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that's over 30 years old". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

[1] "Child born after 21 year semen storage using Planer controlled rate freezer" (Press release). Planer. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

[2] Hamzelou, Jessica (2025-07-29). "Exclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that's over 30 years old". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2025-08-06.

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