# Vegan and semen **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250 "2019-12-22T19:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/1 "2019-12-22T19:32:52Z")
Are vegans that swallow semen still a true vegan? ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/2 "2019-12-22T19:56:35Z")
Hmm… animal product, but not taken for nutritional needs… Also, usually a consensual donation… good question. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/3 "2019-12-22T20:24:18Z")
Neither pork nor carrion, so it should be halal. Is it kosher? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/4 "2019-12-22T20:43:13Z")
And did you know that you have meat in your body right now!? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/5 "2019-12-22T22:53:27Z")
If the semen is, in fact, a consensual donation from a sapient being (not e.g. semen from a bull that is being put out to stud) it would be no different from swapping spit while you’re kissing someone. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/6 "2019-12-22T23:05:05Z")
If the fundamental principle of veganism is that no harm comes to a sentient being in order to feed a human being, even via “exploitation” e.g. honey harvested from bees because the bees can’t “consent,” then I would think a truly thinking vegan would not object, so long as the “contribution” was voluntary. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/7 "2019-12-22T23:29:28Z")
Yep. Swallowing consensually-donated semen doesn’t make you a non-vegan, any more than biting your nails or licking blood off your cut finger does. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/8 "2019-12-22T23:35:32Z")
Since human placenta is usually allowed and is sometimes a vegan feast. Not seeing a problem with seamen . ---
**Author:** ![skyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@skyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyr)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/9 "2019-12-22T23:35:40Z")
I have never had the opportunity to do a comparison, but vegans allegedly have better tasting body fluids than meat eaters do, incidentally. ---
**Author:** ![MollyCatherine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@MollyCatherine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MollyCatherine)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/10 "2019-12-22T23:43:12Z")
Oh good grief. It’s the breastmilk argument all over again. I mean, I guess if you raped a guy and swallowed his semen that wouldn’t meet vegan principles, but really. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/11 "2019-12-22T23:48:43Z")
> [@UCBearcats](#): > > Are vegans that swallow semen still a true vegan? I can never keep up with these fads. Can vegans eat fish? That would be the category for trouser trout, after all. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/12 "2019-12-23T00:21:08Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Yep. Swallowing consensually-donated semen doesn’t make you a non-vegan, any more than biting your nails or licking blood off your cut finger does. Breast-feeding a baby does not make the baby non-vegan either. ---
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/13 "2019-12-23T00:42:01Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Breast-feeding a baby does not make the baby non-vegan either. What about when the mom is still breast feeding a six or seven year old child? ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/14 "2019-12-23T00:48:11Z")
One can only imagine what the OP is getting out of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/15 "2019-12-23T01:11:58Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > One can only imagine what the OP is getting out of this thread. My guess is their gettin’ somethin’ out of somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/16 "2019-12-23T01:13:42Z")
> [@skyr](#): > > I have never had the opportunity to do a comparison, but vegans allegedly have better tasting body fluids than meat eaters do, incidentally. I don’t know about that, but certain prescriptions and supplements change the taste dramatically. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/17 "2019-12-23T01:14:16Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Not seeing a problem with seamen . How about soldiers or airmen? ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/18 "2019-12-23T01:20:18Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > How about soldiers or airmen? 5 bucks, same as in town. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/19 "2019-12-23T02:20:56Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I don’t know about that, but certain prescriptions and supplements change the taste dramatically. I once asked a certain gourmet of the relevant culinary arts, who asserted that smokers taste awful. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845250/20 "2019-12-23T06:27:54Z")
**Moderator Warning** > [@UCBearcats](#): > > Are vegans that swallow semen still a true vegan? > [@UCBearcats](#): > > What about when the mom is still breast feeding a six or seven year old child? These posts combined make it pretty clear that this is just trolling. This is an official warning for trolling. ETA: Thread closed.