Fapstinence: Difference between revisions

'''Fapstinence''' or '''NoFap''' is a [[dating]] strategy used by [[feminization|low-T]] and [[love-shy]] men on the [[inceldom spectrum]] that consists of avoiding [[masturbation]] and [[porn]]ography consumption. Fapstinents believe this will inevitably increase their T levels and thereby increase their [[confidence]] and consequently their ability to do [[cold approach]] or [[warm approach]] [[women]], and as such, help them to eventually [[deincelize]]. Some nofappers also believe this T increase would also affect their [[Muscle theory|muscle]] or bones positively, i.e. using it as a [[looksmaxxing]] technique.  

It would not appear to be an effective strategy as 1) testosterone levels have very little to do with mating success in men (assuming abstention has any major effect on T levels, which it doesn't),<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.06.980896v1/</ref> and 2) there seems to be a linear positive relationship between porn use frequency in males and their odds of being in a relationship (and thus the majority men are not being substantially limited in attaining relationships owing to their porn use).<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32081698/</ref>