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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 | ||
# testosterone levels have very little to do with mating success in men<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.06.980896v1/</ref> (assuming abstention has any major effect on [[Testosterone|T]] levels, which it doesn't) | # testosterone levels have very little to do with mating success in men<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.06.980896v1/</ref> (assuming abstention has any major effect on [[Testosterone|T]] levels, which it doesn't) | ||
# The porn use relationship correlations | # The porn use relationship correlations may be confounded by selection effects regarding [[libido|sex drive]] and other variables that influence relationship outcomes. | ||
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> | ||
Conversely, an analysis of the same dataset found that men with higher pornography consumption reported a greater number of lifetime sexual partners, along with extramarital sex partners, and they were also more likely to pay for sex.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2011.628132</ref> Among men, heavy porn use was associated with a higher odds of reporting relationship breakups.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-017-9444-8</ref> | Conversely, an analysis of the same dataset found that men with higher pornography consumption reported a greater number of lifetime sexual partners, along with extramarital sex partners, and they were also more likely to pay for sex.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2011.628132</ref> Among men, heavy porn use was associated with a higher odds of reporting relationship breakups.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-017-9444-8</ref> | ||