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== Scientific evidence == | == Scientific evidence == | ||
The hype around fapstinence appears to have gained impetus from a 2011 [[Reddit]] post to /r/TIL about a single Chinese study claiming fapstinence would boost T levels.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/i514e/til_when_men_dont_masturbate_for_7_days_their/</ref><ref>Jiang M, Xin J, Zou Q, Shen JW (2003). "A research on the relationship between ejaculation and serum testosterone level in men." Journal of Zhejiang University Science A. 4 (2): 236–240. doi:10.1631/jzus.2003.0236.</ref> This study was, however, based on a tiny sample and other results are demonstrating an ''increase'' in T levels following masturbation.<ref>https://theconversation.com/nofap-can-giving-up-masturbation-really-boost-mens-testosterone-levels-an-experts-view-157701</ref> It is likely that masturbation causes a small spike in testosterone release (associated with sexual arousal in general),<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0306453093900056</ref> but that abstaining from masturbation can also weakly boost testosterone, possibly as an adaption to increase mating drive as testosterone does increase libido. | |||
This explanation, however, is unlikely to be sufficient to explain this T boost as even the administration of large amounts of [[anabolic steroid|exogenous testosterone]] (roughly equivalent to 4x the amount of testosterone most men produce naturally, disregarding individual metabolism of exogenous T) only moderately increases libido.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1440244099800073</ref> | |||
The | The short-term boost in testosterone in this study, moreover, if replicable, was likely so small and of such a short duration that it would play no practical role in driving differences in behavior, sexual drive, or physiological changes. Hormone studies have discovered it seems to generally require both large,<ref>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/406451</ref> and possibly chronic<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ab.10050</ref> doses of testosterone to drive even modest behavioral changes in test subjects. | ||
China appears to have a history of spreading propaganda about masturbation being harmful. In 2017, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) blamed overconsumption of fizzy drinks, computer gaming and masturbation for the poor health of young people.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-41039233</ref> | The bulk of scientific research suggests masturbation is not harmful unless it is excessive or occurs in public.<ref>George R. Brown, MD (July 2019). "Overview of Sexuality". Merck Manuals Professional Version. Retrieved 4 March 2020.</ref> Pornography consumption is unlikely to cause inceldom,<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2378023121996854</ref> and even consumption of degenerate porn is unlikely to affect mental functioning as it is generally [[antifragility|hard to perturb]]. Porn consumption is correlated with some negative life outcomes, but this is suspected to be explained by other variables rather than by porn itself.<ref>https://raceandconflicts.home.blog/2021/02/18/on-the-effects-of-pornography/</ref> | ||
China appears to have a history of spreading propaganda about masturbation being harmful. In 2017, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) blamed overconsumption of fizzy drinks, computer gaming, and masturbation for the poor health of young people.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-41039233</ref> | |||
==NoFap== | ==NoFap== | ||