Porn makes sperm better swimmers

[benburch]

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1386177.htm

Porn makes sperm better swimmers

Judy Skatssoon
ABC Science Online


Wednesday, 8 June 2005

Pornography may turn sperm into better swimmers

Looking at pornographic images of men and women together can increase the quality of a man's sperm, a new study suggests.

Pornography involving a woman alone or multiple women doesn't have the same effect.

Evolutionary biologist Professor Leigh Simmons of the University of Western Australia <http://www.uwa.edu.au/> says the effect is based on an evolutionary process observed in animals known as sperm competition.

This occurs when semen quality increases according to the perceived risk of another male fertilising a female.

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[getmeouttahere]

1. Oh, I thought they were going to say....

it made your ejaculate shoot farther, thus perhaps making it easier for them to get where they need to go.

[newscott]

2. Now that's quality research!

:party:

[Psychmd]

5. Sign me up for the next followup study

[ltfranklin]

3. But how...

...do they get the little VCR and Monitor up there? Isn't that painful? And the chance of electrical shock!

[aeolian]

4. Well, then, mine must be world-class champions!

I probably don't even have to be in the room to fecundate!