6 ms·
Could be something in the environment, something in our diet. I'm curious if it's porn. Supposedly masturbation reduces testosterone levels. [1] Maybe men are
by eloff 6y ago
Could be something in the environment, something in our diet.
I'm curious if it's porn. Supposedly masturbation reduces testosterone levels. [1] Maybe men are just wanking more because of access to porn?
- eloff 6y agoFor some reason I can't edit my comment to add the link to the study. This study shows a 45% spike in testosterone after 7 days of abstinence. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12659241/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12659241/
- toxik 6y agoHuh, that actually makes a lot of sense. I guess then if you want gains, stop a-spankin’. Is that true?
- zug_zug 6y agoI'm fairly sure these studies control for recency of masturbation (I know sperm-count studies do)
- iheartblocks 6y agoI see this study referenced frequently, and it's always seemed dubious. Why would there be a spike at exactly 7 days of abstinence, before returning to baseline? It's possible that the measuring apparatus was improperly calibrated on that day. Has this study been reproduced?
- criddell 6y agoMaybe nobody could make it past 7 days.
- mywittyname 6y agoThey are not the masters of their domain.
- pixelbeat__ 6y agoRather the masturbaters of their domain
- rthomas6 6y agoPerhaps it also causes a commensurate increase in androgen receptors.
- surge 6y agoYeah there's a lot of non-religious people who are finding the advantages of abstaining from porn (/r/nofap and /r/pornfree) or trying to limit its use. They say the T boost is temporary, but the behavioral factors make it worth it. Like they're more apt to be social with women, go on dates, etc, if they don't just relieve themselves, they actually have motivation.
- jswizzy 6y agocan we not link to toxic websites like Reddit?
- alsssop 6y agoI hate to tell you, but this website is functionally just a mini-reddit. And it exhibits as much toxicity as any semi-special-interest subreddit (perhaps even more, due to the many posts that are politically topical).
- surge 6y agoWhat's funny is I didn't even link to them, I just named the sub-reddits. I think Reddit has gone way downhill and far surpassed Eternal September (I refer to it as the new AOL), but that's largely the defaults and popular sub-reddits, I agree that niche sub-reddits are generally better and at least as likely to produce the same quality discussions you'd find here.
- jjoonathan 6y agoExactly. Abstaining from porn made me super horny and restless. If you need to motivate yourself to hit on women, this is a positive. If you need to do something intellectual -- work or play -- it's a sharp negative, though. Evangelists tend to gloss over this point.
- svieira 6y agoThe funny thing is, if you hold the line longer (months) and have something else to pour yourself into the restlessness decreases and you're left with _focus_.
- slothtrop 6y agoThis has been known for awhile, but this spike doesn't persist. It quickly levels back down.
- jonnycomputer 6y agoprobably why the ProudBoy jerks swear to abstain from it.
- mplewis 6y agoThis study is why the Proud Boys practice abstinence, yes.
- carabiner 6y agoIs this study credible? I mean it was based on 28 men. Are the researchers and their institution, Hangzhou Normal College, legitimate in the field of medical research?
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- SketchySeaBeast 6y agoI pretty sure if you ask people who grew up before the internet age you'd still find plenty of masturbation going on. To quote a famous scientist - life, uh, finds a way.
- gkfasdfasdf 6y agoI was thinking it is due to porn as well. The availability, fidelity, and variety of porn that can be called up with a few taps of the finger is unprecedented in all human history. Just a hypothesis.