Although people with penises are often depicted as wanting to have their cum swallowed, that isn’t always the case: Particularly if your partner experiences gender dysphoria, anxiety, or a medical condition that affects ejaculation, a thorough boundary-setting conversation is important. Let your partner know that you’re interested in trying to swallow their cum and see how they respond. It can be helpful to start the conversation during a non-sexual moment, when you and your partner are both feeling relaxed and ready to talk. Good communication is important in and out of the bedroom, especially when it comes to experimenting with new sexual activities. If you’d like to try swallowing your partner’s cum but aren’t sure where to start, read on for some tips. Others may have tried, but couldn’t follow through due to a strong physical reaction to the taste or texture. Some people may be curious about what it’s like to swallow cum but don’t know how to do it. Some folks just don’t want to swallow cum and opt to spit it out every time, while others are turned on by swallowing, either for its own sake, or for the reaction it gets from their partner. For people who have oral sex with penis-owners, there is often a question of whether to spit or to swallow.

Semen (also known as come, or cum) is the fluid that is usually produced when someone with a penis experiences orgasm.