I dated a goth lady who liked to use man-juice specimens in her artwork. She was happy to assist in obtaining a fresh supply. She also sometimes included menstrual blood in her artistic endeavors.
Do you have a cite for this? I ask only because searching for ‘gladiator semen face cream’ brings up this thread as the only hit of note (the other hit is some bogus ‘gladiator face cream’ sales pitch site.)
There’s a Liz Phair song on that very topic.
Also, I don’t know about Van Gogh, but Andres Serrano used it as a medium.
it was called Caligula.
I’d be ever so grateful if this is the last time my name comes up in this context. 
Everything I’ve had to say on the subject has already been said. I’ll be in my bunk.
I remember that thread! At least as good, if somewhat less bizarre than mangeorge’s immortal classic.
Women have been known to drink it in order to get married. 
Hair mousse.
they might be good window washers being good with ropes and all.
Gah. Mind like a steel sieve. Back in the mid eighties, I had a job that sometimes exposed me to industrial safety information. I remember reading from a book that listed the tests that should be done on workers exposed to various chemicals and how often the tests should be performed.
As a for instance, I sometimes picked up old pesticides for disposal and had to have my blood tested twice a year. Someone in a chemical production plant might have to have monthly or weekly urine tests.
Being the sort of person who reads dictionaries, I browsed a bit after looking up the reference I needed. I came across one chemical that, honest to og, required that ejaculate samples be tested (I think it was quarterly, but wouldn’t bet money on it after this much time) to see if the employee had become contaminated. Apparently no blood test was possible or available.
I remember thinking, damn, that’s a bona fide reason to only hire men for those jobs. I sometimes wish I had written the name of the chemical (or the book) down.
I was this close to asking for a cite, then I saw the last line. I’ve been to some strange Polish weddings, but cum on!
There is a porn movie from the 70s called “Behind the Green Door” with a scene very similar to that. The man at the table says “Come again on the the lady’s drink please, waiter” with obvious results.
Heard of gladiator sweat used that way but not sperm..
used as a plot device in Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Well we had a guy who did at our art collage.. he did get carted away to mental hospital quite often though.
It’s posts (and information) like this that keep me coming back to this cuckoo’s nest.
Several New Guinea tribes have noteworthy customs of semen ingestion: Semen - Wikipedia
Great cite. From the same entry, for Fretful:
Semen in espionage
Semen stain on carpet observed with and without ultraviolet light
When the British Secret Intelligence Service discovered that semen made a good invisible ink, Sir George Mansfield Smith-Cumming noted of his agents that “Every man (is) his own stylo”.[44]
That is his real name, apparently. He founded MI6.
“Every man his own stylo” is very very good. I’ll return to that in a bit.
Right on schedule, SD SerendipityTM:
Woman’s marriage turned upside down by sperm allergy. She has seminal plasma allergy.
Fuck. Just when everyone’s having a ball something bad turns up.