Do Women Like Cum? 2024 Data on Semen Swallowing & Facials

We gathered all exciting facts and data about cum preferences, creampies, facials, and bukkake to answer the most common question among men: Do women like cum?

do women like cum

Creampies, facials, bukkake – we’ve all seen it in pornos, but do women actually like cum? Do these sexual practices exist exclusively for entertainment or is there genuine pleasure in having a man ejaculate on you?

No two people are the same, so there isn’t really a rule of thumb for cum. Men tend to prefer it more than women, but numbers vary depending on personal preference. 

Tragically, there isn’t a ton of research into cum preferences. However, we found a couple of studies and a large online survey that explain who likes cum, where they like it, and more. 

Here’s some data from our research:

  • One study found that 22.6% of female respondents claimed to have more intense orgasms when their male partners ejaculated during sex. 
  • A survey found that 42% of men prefer to cum on a woman’s face, but only 12.7% of women prefer this. 
  • Both women and men who watch porn frequently are more likely to prefer ejaculating on the female partner’s face. 
  • 50.3% of men think that women least prefer to have their partner ejaculate on their face. 
  • Over half of European women in one study said that their partner’s ejaculations were very important. 

Do Women Like Cum?

Ejaculation is different for everyone, and there is a myriad of sexual reasons to like or dislike cum. 

One study of European women found the following results:

A study of heterosexual European women found that the following percentages rated their partner’s ejaculations at varying levels of importance:

Levels of Importance
Percentage
Very Important
50.43% of women
Important
33.04% of women
Rather Important
10.43% of women
Neither
4.35% of women
Rather unimportant
1.30% of women
Unimportant
0.43% of women
Not at all important
0.00% of women

13.1% of women in the study said they felt that the quantity of ejaculation fluid was related to their own sexual attractiveness.

22.6% of women said they had a more intense orgasm when their partner ejaculated during vaginal sex.

Source: The Journal of Sexual Medicine


Spit or Swallow?

While many women do enjoy cum, they don’t all enjoy it the same way. While it isn’t necessarily true that spitters are quitters, one survey found that a slight majority prefer to swallow. 

Here’s a look at the data:

 
Women
Men
 
Prefer to swallow
when their partner
cums in their mouth
Prefer to spit when
their partner
ejaculates in their
mouth
Swallowing was
their favorite finish
Women
50.5%
49.5%
9%
Men
42%

Women in the survey gave the following common reasons for wanting to swallow cum:

  • Finding themselves turned on
  • Doing it because it turns him on
  • Doing it because it pleases their partner
  • Sometimes because they like being submissive
  • Feeling empowered by it
  • Enjoying the taboo, kinky, or naughty aspect of swallowing

Women in the survey gave the following reasons for spitting cum instead of swallowing:

  • Taste and texture activated their gag reflex
  • Fear of choking on cum
  • Fear because they’d never done it before
  • They simply didn’t want to swallow

Sources: Bad Girls Bible, Bad Girls Bible


Where Do Men Cum the Most?

Men most often ejaculate in a woman’s vagina – there’s no surprise there. However, there are plenty of other places where they like to cum, even if they don’t do so every time. 

Here’s some data on where men tend to finish on their female partners:

One survey found the following percentages of men say they “sometimes” or “often” ejaculate in or on the following places:

Parts of the Body
Percentage
In her vagina
92%
On her body
74%
In her mouth
54%
Elsewhere
23%

These percentages of men reported recently ejaculating on the following body parts of their partners:

Body Part
Percentage
Face
16.0%
Forehead
0.2%
Eyes
0.3%
Cheeks
1.8%
Lips
10.0%
Rest of face
3.7%
Body Part
Percentage
Neck
0.3%
Body Part
Percentage
Chest
23.7%
Breast
16.9%
Nipples
5.8%
Rest of Breast
11.1%
Rest of Chest
6.8%
Body Part
Percentage
Abdomen
19.8%
Upper Abdomen
2.1%
Lower Abdomen
15.3%
Navel
2.4%
Body Part
Percentage
Hands
1.8%
Body Part
Percentage
Mons Pubis
24.3%
Vulva
15.9%
Rest of Mons Pubis
8.4%
Body Part
Percentage
Legs
0.8%
Feet
0.2%
Rest of Legs
0.6%
Body Part
Percentage
Back
5.3%
Upper Back
0.2%
Lower Back
5.1%
Body Part
Percentage
Butt
7.8%
Cheeks
5.2%
Crack
2.6%

Couples who had sex in the past week were over twice as likely to report ejaculation on the woman’s face or body than couples who reported sex 4-8 weeks ago.

Bisexual individuals are over twice as likely (12.1%) as straight people (5%) to cum externally.

For more interesting sex studies and statistics, consider checking out this article.

Source: Bad Girls Bible


Ejaculation Preferences: Men vs. Women

You might not be surprised to learn that men and women have different preferences on where the cum lands. Men are much more partial to cumming on a woman’s face, while women are more likely to prefer having their chests creamed. 

Here’s a look at the numbers:

Men prefer to ejaculate on these parts of their female partners:

Body Part
Percentage
Face
42.0%
Forehead
0.9%
Eyes
0.9%
Cheeks
4.9%
Lips
25.0%
Rest of face
10.3%
Body Part
Percentage
Chest
26.6%
Breast
19.6%
Nipples
6.5%
Rest of Breast
13.0%
Rest of Chest
7%
Body Part
Percentage
Abdomen
7.4%
Upper Abdomen
1.6%
Lower Abdomen
5.8%
Navel
1.6%
Body Part
Percentage
Mons Pubis
14.4%
Vulva
9.9%
Rest of Mons Pubis
4.5%
Body Part
Percentage
Back
2%
Upper Back
0.2%
Lower Back
1.8%
Body Part
Percentage
Butt
5.8%
Cheeks
2.9%
Crack
2.9%
Body Part
Percentage
Hands
0.2%
Body Part
Percentage
Legs
1.6%
Feet
0.7%
Rest of Legs
0.9%

Women prefer their male partners to ejaculate on these parts of their bodies:

Body Part
Percentage
Face
12.7%
Forehead
0.4%
Eyes
NIL
Cheeks
3.9%
Lips
6.2%
Rest of face
2.2%
Body Part
Percentage
Chest
37.1%
Breast
23.1%
Nipples
4.8%
Rest of Breast
18.3%
Rest of Chest
14.0%
Body Part
Percentage
Abdomen
12.2%
Upper Abdomen
1.7%
Lower Abdomen
10.5%
Navel
1.3%
Body Part
Percentage
Mons Pubis
23.6%
Vulva
11.9%
Rest of Mons Pubis
11.8%
Body Part
Percentage
Back
5.7%
Upper Back
2.6%
Lower Back
3.1%
Body Part
Percentage
Butt
7%
Cheeks
5.7%
Crack
1.3%
Body Part
Percentage
Hands
1.3%
Body Part
Percentage
Legs
0.4%
Feet
0%
Rest of Legs
0.4%

91% of men and 63% of women find that consensually ejaculating on a woman or being ejaculated on a man is a turn-on.

Source: Bad Girls Bible


Do Americans Like Facials?

Are facials just for porn, or do women enjoy them? Oddly enough, both men and women seem to enjoy facials more depending on how much porn they watch. 

Here’s the data on facials:

A survey found that men were 3.3 times more likely (42%) to prefer cumming on a woman’s face than women were (12.7%) to prefer having their faces cum on.

23% of men and 1.6% of women who have never experienced an ejaculation in the female’s mouth say it turns them on the most.

Porn use seems to increase the likelihood of loving facials; these percentages of men and women who prefer to ejaculate on (or be ejaculated on) the face watch porn with the following frequency:

 
Men
Women
 
Watch porn 14 to 30 days a
month
Watch porn zero to four days a month
In a steady relationship
Married
All men and women
Men
50%
35%
45%
40%
42%
Women
38%
8%
19%
5%
13%

Being married or in a long-term relationship (especially for women) reduces the chance of preferring a facial. The more porn men watch, the more likely they are to prefer facials. 

Source: Bad Girls Bible


Cum Preference by Age

Lots of things change with age, including where the semen lands. While younger couples go for vaginal ejaculation, their cum preferences drift to other body parts with age. 

Here’s a breakdown of where different age groups like to ejaculate:

18 to 24-year-olds are most likely to finish on a woman’s body or face and least likely to finish in her vagina

Here’s a breakdown by age of where American men say that they “sometimes” or “often” ejaculate on their partner: 

 
In the women’s vagina (with or without birth control)
On the woman’s body
In the woman’s mouth (spit or swallowed)
Elsewhere (not on or in the woman)
18-24 years old
87%
82%
56%
20%
25-29 years old
21%
59%
80%
88%
30-34 years old
29%
50%
74%
93%
35-39 years old
25%
50%
71%
95%
40-44 years old
20%
54%
68%
93%
45-49 years old
21%
59%
71%
94%
50-54 years old
18%
58%
74%
95%
55+ years old
14%
59%
69%
93%

Here are the percentages of men, by age, who say they ejaculate in their partner’s vagina without birth control:

Age
Percentage
18-to 24 year-olds
6%
25- to 35 year-olds
27%
35- to 44 year-olds
36%
45- to 54 year-olds
50%

From ages 18 to 55, people enjoy external ejaculations; the rate of at least occasionally doing an external cum shot at these ages never falls below 69%.

An average American man (mean age 38) in a long-term relationship has a 40% chance of preferring to facial his female partner if he doesn’t watch porn. If he watches porn 20 times per month, this chance increases to 50.1%.

An average American woman (mean age 37) in a long-term relationship has a 12.3% chance of preferring to receive a facial from her male partner. If she watches porn 20 times per month, this chance increases to 53.8%. 

Source: Bad Girls Bible


Cum Preference by Relationship Length

Like many sexual acts, external ejaculation sort of loses its flavor the longer two people stay together. While men and women seem turned on by it at the beginning of their relationships, this fades a bit as their relationship progresses. 

These percentages of American men and women (organized by length of their relationship) feel turned on by external ejaculation:

 
Men
Women
 
Up to one year
Five years in
At 10 years
At 15 years
Men
94%
92%
89%
87%
Women
79%
69%
57%
45%

Source: Bad Girls Bible


How Does Porn Affect Cum Preference?

Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? When it comes to porn, life imitates art. Porn affects how people choose to experiment or enjoy the male orgasm during sex. 

These data points show how porn affects cum preferences:

Here’s a breakdown of the percentages of men and women who’ve had their cum preferences affected by porn:

Where men and women recently saw a man ejaculate in porn:

Body Part
Percentage
Hair (Front)
1.0%
Body Part
Percentage
Face
48.5%
Forehead
2.9%
Eyes
1.4%
Cheeks
9.1%
Lips
21.1%
Rest of face
14.0%
Body Part
Percentage
Chest
14.0%
Breast
8.6%
Nipples
2.9%
Rest of Breast
5.7%
Rest of Chest
5.5%
Body Part
Percentage
Abdomen
7.5%
Upper Abdomen
1.5%
Lower Abdomen
6.0%
Navel
1.0%
Body Part
Percentage
Mons Pubis
7.0%
Vulva
4.3%
Rest of Mons Pubis
2.7%
Body Part
Percentage
Legs
2.4%
Feet
0.5%
Rest of Legs
1.9%
Body Part
Percentage
Hair (Back)
0.7%
Body Part
Percentage
Back
4.3%
Upper Back
3.1%
Lower Back
1.2%
Body Part
Percentage
Arms
1.0%
Hands
1.3%
Rest of Arms
0.3%
Body Part
Percentage
Butt
13.2%
Cheeks
8.9%
Crack
4.3%

Where men think women least like it

Body Part
Percentage
Hair (Front)
9.2%
Body Part
Percentage
Face
50.3%
Forehead
13.7%
Eyes
1.6%
Cheeks
8.5%
Lips
9.7%
Rest of face
17.1%
Body Part
Percentage
Chest
6.1%
Breast
3.6%
Nipples
0.4%
Rest of Breast
3.1%
Rest of Chest
2.5%
Body Part
Percentage
Abdomen
4.3%
Upper Abdomen
1.3%
Lower Abdomen
2.9%
Navel
0.9%
Body Part
Percentage
Mons Pubis
8.8%
Vulva
6.7%
Rest of Mons Pubis
2.0%
Body Part
Percentage
Legs
7.0%
Feet
0.4%
Rest of Legs
6.6%
Body Part
Percentage
Hair (Back)
2.7%
Body Part
Percentage
Back
2.9%
Upper Back
1.6%
Lower Back
1.3%
Body Part
Percentage
Arms
1.6%
Hands
1.1%
Rest of Arms
0.5%
Body Part
Percentage
Butt
7.0%
Cheeks
4.0%
Crack
2.9%

Where women think men most like it

Where men think women least like it

Body Part
Percentage
Hair (Front)
0%
Body Part
Percentage
Face
35.1%
Forehead
1.3%
Eyes
0.9%
Cheeks
6.1%
Lips
18.2%
Rest of face
8.7%
Body Part
Percentage
Chest
31.6%
Breast
19.0%
Nipples
5.2%
Rest of Breast
13.9%
Rest of Chest
12.6%
Body Part
Percentage
Abdomen
6.5%
Upper Abdomen
1.3%
Lower Abdomen
5.2%
Navel
0.9%
Body Part
Percentage
Mons Pubis
10.8%
Vulva
5.2%
Rest of Mons Pubis
5.6%
Body Part
Percentage
Legs
3.0%
Feet
0.9%
Rest of Legs
2.1%
Body Part
Percentage
Hair (Back)
0%
Body Part
Percentage
Back
3.9%
Upper Back
2.6%
Lower Back
1.3%
Body Part
Percentage
Arms
0.9%
Hands
0.9%
Rest of Arms
0%
Body Part
Percentage
Butt
7.8%
Cheeks
3.9%
Crack
3.9%

Source: Bad Girls Bible


Feminism and Cum Preferences

Some people speculate that the fascination with facials comes from degradation. This may or may not be true, but feminists and non-feminists have different opinions on facials. 

Here are the percentages of feminist and non-feminist men and women who feel certain ways about external ejaculation on the face:

 
Feminist Men
Non-Feminist
Men
Feminist Women
Non-Feminist
Women
 
Where they or
their partner
ejaculates has
been inspired by porn:
On the woman’s face is
their preferred
place to
ejaculate or be
ejaculated on
externally:
A man
ejaculating
on a woman’s
face is
degrading,
even in a
consensual
context:
Feminist Men
67%
50%
16%
Non-Feminist
Men
66%
38%
29%
Feminist Women
44%
14%
21%
Non-Feminist
Women
41%
9%
31%

Source: Bad Girls Bible


Conclusion

Ejaculation can happen in any position, and fluid can end up just about anywhere. Where people want the cum to go varies by age, sex, values, and other factors. 

Porn tends to increase the desire for men and women to enjoy a facial, but different people prefer to get cum on all different parts of their bodies. The largest percentage of men prefer the face, while women lean toward the chest area. 

Facials – or other cum preferences – may be considered degrading. If you’re into degradation, that’s absolutely fine; many people enjoy feeling pleasure in the “naughtiness” of an act. As long as it’s consensual, it doesn’t matter where cum lands, but it’s safe to say that many women enjoy it.

Aliyah Moore

Aliyah Moore

Aliyah Moore (she/her) is our resident sex expert at SexualAlpha. She’s a certified sex therapist with a Ph.D. in Gender & Sexuality Studies. Aliyah is a proud Black, bi-sexual femme passionate about empowering minority voices to embrace their sexuality and identity. She loves to write about everything sexual wellness and gives no-nonsense sex and relationship advice.

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