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This article portrait nofap in negative light.this article uphold the feminist,pro porn and radical secularist view.be cautious this article and writer is not neutral on this topic 103.137.160.108 (talk) 09:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"Masturbation abstinence practices have returned to the USA in the form of semen retention communities. Followers on one of these male, anti-masturbation forums, “NoFap,” on Reddit (denoted “r/NoFap”), have engaged in homicidal behaviors that appear to be linked to these sexual beliefs and practices. This study uses a systematic search on r/NoFap and two control forums (r/pornfree, and r/stopdrinking) to define a corpus of violent content. The study's goals were to describe the nature of threats on r/NoFap and suggest whether the violence might be attributable to sexual deprivation or false beliefs that non-sexual targets caused their violent urges. Of the 421 violent posts identified from September 2011 to September 2022, r/NoFap contained the majority (94.3%). Violent threats on r/NoFap mostly targeted pornographers, women, scientists, specific persons, or any person (i.e. homicidal “rage”). Violent threats against r/NoFap’s own followers were growing most quickly. Violent posts were well-supported with upvotes by other followers in r/NoFap. These data are important because NoFap may represent a growing threat for real-world violence."
Prause, N., Ley, D. (15 November 2023). "Violence on Reddit Support Forums Unique to r/NoFap". Deviant Behavior: 1–17. doi:10.1080/01639625.2023.2280795. IntroEggplant (talk) 23:29, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"NoFap was founded in June 2011 by Pittsburgh web developer Alexander Rhodes after reading a thread on Reddit about a 2003 study"
is not accurate.
"NoFap was started in 2004 on the BodyBuilding.com forum where men believed it would increase their testosterone [1]
In "Research concerning NoFap forums and followers" add:
A study of NoFap followers identified that the more involved these men were on the forums (e.g., posting more), the greater their depression, anxiety and erectile dysfunction symptoms. Importantly, this is the opposite of other online support forums. NoFap participants report, and appear, to be harmed by participating in the forums. [2]
In "Research concerning NoFap forums and followers" add:
A 2023 study identified two mass murderers in the USA and UK as following NoFap, which precipitated a study of the violent posts in NoFap. In contrast to other forums on Reddit of comparable post numbers and content, NoFap posts were remarkably violent. The most frequent targets were other NoFap followers, whom they threatened to kill if they were to masturbate again. Other targets included pornographers, women, scientists, and specific persons. The authors attribute this to the forum founders, who they noted run Pick-Up-Artist forums and posted pictures of themselves with a lit "Molotov" cocktail on the same platform, which they suggested glorified violence and misogyny by the leadership.[3]
In "Membership" add:
Clinicians have published advice for other clinicians who may be tasked with assisting men exiting NoFap, which they view as a violent misogynist group. [4]
In "Research concerning NoFap forums and followers"
The linguistic database Violent Extremism Risk Assessment identifies the term "NoFap" as a violent term "Driven by moral imperative, moral superiority" [5]
Okay, coming back to this matter: the medical effects of NoFap cannot be discussed due to lacking WP:MEDRS-compliant sources to WP:V such claims. Same applies to antagonistic narcissism producing the belief one is addicted to porn (e.g. PubMed does not have many papers thereupon, so it's unlikely there will be a systematic review indexed for MEDLINE about that). The social-political effects of NoFap are not under such stringent sourcing requirements, so these can be discussed more easily, but I do not endorse repeating the same claims over and over (even if in different words). tgeorgescu (talk) 20:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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