# Do Vegan/Vegetarians swallow?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 3, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465 "2001-09-03T01:45:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465/1 "2001-09-03T01:45:09Z")

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In another thread the subject of Paul Krassner, a satirist/comedian/whacko from years gone by, was interjected. Someone brought up his publication, _The Realist_.

In doing a search, a recent copy had this to say:

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> From Isadora Altman’s syndicated sexual advice column:  
> Q. Instead of trying to frame the question more delicately, I’ll just come right out and ask: Do vegans [vegetarians] swallow semen? Inquiring minds have to know!
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> P.S. Does it make any difference if the fellatio subject is also a vegan?
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> A. Since the substance under discussion is an animal protein, the matter would have to be left up to the individual vegan’s conscience

Gotta remember to use this question when I next meet a Vegan.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465/2 "2001-09-03T01:48:30Z")

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Hell, if some are willing to eat [placenta stew](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_104.html), then I don’t think a little semen would be out of place.

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**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465/3 "2001-09-03T02:29:33Z")

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Supposedly, [yes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60647).

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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465/4 "2001-09-03T02:42:58Z")

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Sheesh. How many times does this question have to be asked (and answered) on this board?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465/5 "2001-09-03T02:46:37Z")

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I humbly apologize for not searching before posting.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465/6 "2001-09-03T04:17:05Z")

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I’m a vegetarian and I don’t swallow, because it is an unsafe sex practice. There are a couple of things which would differentiate semen from steak for me. First, presumably anyone from whom I’m extracting semen agreed to and is willing to part with it, unlike the flesh of an animal. Second, the semen donor is able to get up and walk away afterward, again unlike the animal.

I’m sure someone will shortly bring up the cow from Restaurant at the End of the Universe, so allow me to foreclose.

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**Author:** ![Sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Sasquatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasquatch)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465/7 "2001-09-03T05:03:00Z")

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Is semen kosher?

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegan-vegetarians-swallow/79465/8 "2001-09-03T14:14:51Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sasquatch! \*  
> \*\*Is semen kosher? \*\*

If you were doing a Rabbi, it would be.

{rimshot}