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Why would that increase infertility?

• macksd 5y ago
  None of these things is infertility directly, but they might be what the parent comment is thinking of. I hear of links between ejaculation and prostate health a lot, but that's usually a positive relationship. Sex therapists that I read do seem to universally deny any link between moderate to excessive masturbation and impotence. There are correlations between ED and the rise of Internet porn usage, but that also correlates with the availability of medicines to treat ED and thus the marketing of a solution to a problem.
• blix 5y ago
  From a purely observation perspective, pornography consumption has increased dramatically at the same time as falling fertility. Even if a mechanism isn't obvious, it at least seems like there is a possibility of a connection. Studies have indicated that long-term pornography use correlates with erectile dysfunction and loss of interest in sexual relationships. It's not hard to imagine that fertility might be related to these other aspects of reproductive health. Unfortunately few long-term studies seem to focus on fertility specifically. Short term studies on the influence of porn find that novel sexual stimulus seems to increase sperm quality while it attenuates in response to repeated exposure to the same stimulus. This is bad news for real life humans who cannot change as rapidly or dramatically as one can switch videos.
• wsc981 5y ago
  > Why would that increase infertility? Indeed ... wasn't it supposed to cause blindness?
• elzbardico 5y ago
  The lower cost of sexual release in porn leading to less motivation to pursue relationships with the opposite sex, an activity which in our current state of reproductive preferences, moral values and technology is strongly correlated with instances of human reproduction.