# Semen an antidepressant

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-an-antidepressant/569575>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 30, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-an-antidepressant/569575 "2011-01-30T23:50:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![laurence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@laurence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurence)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-an-antidepressant/569575/1 "2011-01-30T23:50:10Z")

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All this talk about semen, condoms, condom users, effects of semen etc. is a lot of nonsense. What makes women happy is not penises, semen, ejaculations, condoms and such. Closeness, kindness, affection, cuddling and caring are the antidepressants, not the mechanical act of sex.

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LINK TO COLUMN: [Is semen an antidepressant? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2969/is-semen-an-antidepressant)

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**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-an-antidepressant/569575/2 "2011-01-30T23:54:10Z")

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That’s a fine hypothesis. Are there experiments that support or not support it in the peer reviewed literature?

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**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-an-antidepressant/569575/3 "2011-01-31T00:21:34Z")

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> [@laurence](#):
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> Closeness, kindness, affection, cuddling and caring are the antidepressants, not the mechanical act of sex.

Why can’t sex involve any or all five of the former? It does for me, making it as effective an anti-depressant as anything you’ve listed.

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**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-an-antidepressant/569575/4 "2011-01-31T01:03:42Z")

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I’m typically happy when I lose semen.

Resolved: Semen is a depressant.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-an-antidepressant/569575/5 "2011-01-31T14:37:40Z")

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Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, **laurence** , we’re glad to have you with us. When you start a thread, it’s helpful to other readers to provide a link to the column you’re discussing. There are several thousand past columns in our Archives, about 25 mention “semen”, so it saves searching time to provide the link… plus, keeps us all on the same page.

I also have the feeling (from this and your other posts) that you didn’t actually READ what Cecil had to say, you just read the title of the column. I could be wrong, of course, in which case I do apologize. But you might read the entire column before commenting?

Just some suggestions for future.