Monday 28 February 2011

Health Scare Story Du Jour

From The Metro:

Ogling too much internet pornography can make you impotent, according to a study by Italian scientists. However, they stress that the effects on the ability to get an erection are only temporary.

The revelation comes from the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, which surveyed 28,000 men on their porn-surfing habits. Researchers explained that many of them were being turned off sex over time by looking at explicit internet images. Many had become addicted to blue movies by the age of 14 and showed signs of ‘sexual anorexia’ by their mid-20s, or as the study says - ‘anorsexia’.

The head of the team, Carlo Foresta, said: ‘It starts with lower reactions to porn sites, then there is a general drop in libido and in the end it becomes impossible to get an erection.’ But he stresses that the effect is entirely reversible. ‘With proper assistance recovery is possible within a few months,’ Foresta said.

12 comments:

Tim Worstall said...

Blimey.

People who wank themselves silly don't subsequently get hard ons.

That's a surprise, isn't it?

Furor Teutonicus said...

Do I remember correctly that Italy has the lowest birth rate in Europe????

Wonder wha that should be?

Anonymous said...

A few MONTHS!!!

With the right woman, ie anyone breathing between the ages of 16 and 65, a few milliseconds would be closer the truth - at least it used to be until I discovered the internet and X******** ;) !

James Higham said...

Just get a good woman - simple.

AntiCitizenOne said...

"Just get a good woman"

and a leprechaun with a rainbow.

:0

View from the Solent said...

"With proper assistance recovery is possible within a few months"

Unh?

Ancient and tattered airman said...

Improper assistance would be preferred by myself!

Ian R Thorpe said...

The science seems dodgy to me. Can they be sure the guys in the study group were not eating a beef sandwich, drinking a glass of wine and smoking a ciggy or two while looking at the porn.

Any of those could account for impotence and a thousand ills accoirding to other studies.

Mark Wadsworth said...

IRT, I'm no expert, but I don't think it's possible to do all those things at the same time as having a wank.

gordon-bennett said...

You've obviously not been on a professional juggling course!

banned said...

I recall a similar study with students in England. Sadly they could not produce a control group since they could find no male students who had not already been attacked by internet porns.

JuliaM said...

'Proper assistance', eh? I bet there are videos out there that show you just what he means by that, too!