NoFapper

English Etymology From en NoFap er ideology. Noun A member of the website and community forum NoFap, serving as a support group for those who wish to give up pornography and masturbation; one who avoids masturbation. en Matt Fradd The Porn Myth: Exposing the Reality Behind the Fantasy of Pornography w:Ignatius Press 2017 978-1-62164-006-6 About 64 percent of NoFappers had developed tastes for porn that had become extreme or deviant. en w:Sara Pascoe Sex Power Money Faber & Faber 2019 978-0-571-33601-2 Is porn making us unhealthy too? That’s certainly the opinion of NoFappers and some feminists, but their approaches differ. en Lisa Sugiura The Incel Rebellion: The Rise of the Manosphere and the Virtual War Against Women Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 978-1-83982-257-5 Reference is also made to groups such as Tradcons and NoFappers in the manosphere. NoFappers are men seeking to abstain from pornography and masturbation because they believe that this will enable them to preserve testosterone and achieve greater sexual power and enlightenment. en w:Nina Power What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents Allen Lane 2021 9780241356517 NoFappers speak about ‘rebooting’ their brains – that is to say, resetting or recalibrating their sexual desire back to its ‘factory setting’. en Jacob Johanssen Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere: Male Bodies of Dis/Inhibition Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture w:Routledge 2022 978-0-367-46866-8 NoFappers continuously encourage each other and demand that their activities are sublimated into more productive activities, so that the energy can be retained. en Joshua Neves; Aleena Chia; Susanna Paasonen; Ravi Sundaram Technopharmacology w:University of Minnesota Press 2022 978-1-4529-6803-2 Journalist Katie Bishop (2019) further explains that “there is also a consensus among many NoFappers (who often brand themselves ‘Fapstronauts’) that refraining from masturbation can lead to ‘superpowers,’ ranging from increased energy and confidence to commanding respect from peers or curing social anxiety.”