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A member asked:
If you applied alcohol or hand sanitizer on your hand, and then touched a t-shirt that has wet semen on it, will the sperm die once it hits your hand due to the presence of alcohol in the hand?
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Sperm are fragile. They are formed with just enough energy stores to survive inside the warm/moist vaginal mucus. If they are outside the body on any surface they die in minutes. The addition of any caustic agent like alcohol/sanitizer/soap will kill them on contact.
Answered 9/23/2023
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Yes. Alcohol will kill them
Answered 9/23/2023
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