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Some modern fapstainers do take a less materialistic approach, stepping overtly into the realm of "woo" and adopting the practices and beliefs surrounding the dissipation of "sexual energy" advocated by certain Eastern religions and mysticisms, such as Chinese tantra and the Dharmic religious practice of brahmacharya (total celibacy of body and mind). These approaches to masturbation abstinence can be broadly called semen retention, as many of these people also advocate sexual activity without ejaculation among men, a practice known as coitus reservatus. Coitus reservatus has also historically been used as a form of birth control, to increase male sexual potency, to make sexual intercourse more pleasurable (esp for women),<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karezza-sex-technique-relationship_l_5d7c1a9de4b00d690598e15f</ref> and has been a common practice among many religious sects to control male sexuality, such as the utopian socialist Oneida community in the United States, who saw it as one method enforcing greater gender equality by 'liberating' women from what they viewed as the burden of reproduction.<ref>https://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/handle/1951/69892</ref><ref>https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/oneida-christian-utopia-contraception-king/</ref> | Some modern fapstainers do take a less materialistic approach, stepping overtly into the realm of "woo" and adopting the practices and beliefs surrounding the dissipation of "sexual energy" advocated by certain Eastern religions and mysticisms, such as Chinese tantra and the Dharmic religious practice of brahmacharya (total celibacy of body and mind). These approaches to masturbation abstinence can be broadly called semen retention, as many of these people also advocate sexual activity without ejaculation among men, a practice known as coitus reservatus. Coitus reservatus has also historically been used as a form of birth control, to increase male sexual potency, to make sexual intercourse more pleasurable (esp for women),<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karezza-sex-technique-relationship_l_5d7c1a9de4b00d690598e15f</ref> and has been a common practice among many religious sects to control male sexuality, such as the utopian socialist Oneida community in the United States, who saw it as one method enforcing greater gender equality by 'liberating' women from what they viewed as the burden of reproduction.<ref>https://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/handle/1951/69892</ref><ref>https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/oneida-christian-utopia-contraception-king/</ref> | ||
== | ==Porn use, masturbation and inceldom== | ||
[[File:Nofap timeline.jpg|thumb|Claimed benefits from fapstinence (source: https://1st-man.com/nofap-timeline/)]] | [[File:Nofap timeline.jpg|thumb|Claimed benefits from fapstinence (source: https://1st-man.com/nofap-timeline/)]] | ||
Abstaining from masturbation would not appear to be an effective intervention to cure inceldom, in the vast majority of cases, at least, because | Abstaining from masturbation would not appear to be an effective intervention to cure inceldom, in the vast majority of cases, at least, because | ||
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# some research has indicted a positive linear relationship between porn use frequency in males and their odds of being in a relationship (and thus the majority of men are not substantially limited in attaining relationships owing to their porn use).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1743609520300473</ref> | # some research has indicted a positive linear relationship between porn use frequency in males and their odds of being in a relationship (and thus the majority of men are not substantially limited in attaining relationships owing to their porn use).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1743609520300473</ref> | ||
In the US's long-running General Social Survey (GSS), pornography non-use was a significant predictor of sexlessness in the years 2000-2018, suggesting that abstention from pornography is generally associated with a lower sex drive, voluntarily celibacy, and perhaps a slower [[life history theory|life history speed]].<ref>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2767066</ref> | In the US's long-running General Social Survey (GSS), pornography non-use was a significant predictor of sexlessness in the years 2000-2018, suggesting that abstention from pornography is generally associated with a lower sex drive, voluntarily celibacy, and perhaps a slower [[life history theory|life history speed]].<ref>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2767066</ref> | ||
== Lack of scientific evidence == | == Lack of scientific evidence == | ||
===Testosterone and fapping=== | ===Testosterone and fapping=== | ||