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Line 50: ===Demographics=== A 2020 study reports that "virtually all NoFap followers (99%) are male".<ref name="AbstinenceMasturbation">{{cite journal |last=Zimmer |first=F. |author2=Imhoff, R. |date=2020 |title=Abstinence from Masturbation and Hypersexuality |journal= Archives of Sexual Behavior |volume= 49 |pages=1333–1343 |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-019-01623-8.pdf}}</ref> The membership of NoFap ranges from [[atheists]], like founder Rhodes, to [[fundamentalist Christians]].<ref name="christ" /><ref name="salon">{{cite web|last1=McMurry|first1=Evan|title=9 hilarious ways the religious right tried to eradicate masturbation|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/03/13/9_hilarious_ways_the_religious_right_tried_to_eradicate_masturbation/|website=salon.com|accessdate=27 June 2015|date=2014-03-13}}</ref> Women are also a part of NoFap,<ref name="christ">{{cite web|last1=Blair|first1=Leonardo|title=Christians Find Help for Porn, Masturbation Addiction Through 'NoFap' Community Started on Reddit by 24-Y-O Web Developer|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/christians-find-help-for-porn-masturbation-addiction-through-nofap-community-started-on-reddit-by-24-y-o-web-developer-110061/|website=[[The Christian Post]]|accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref> although the community is sometimes viewed to be a part of the [[androsphere]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thevision.com/cultura/rimorchio-marketing/|title=Il marketing del rimorchio|date=July 27, 2018|website=The Vision}}</ref> The users of the website call themselves "Fapstronauts."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hall|first1=Lex|title=Internet porn abounds but 'no fappers' rise to the occasion|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/internet-porn-abounds-but-no-fappers-rise-to-the-occasion/news-story/67c474a806d07014042a08f5814aabe6|publisher=The Australian|date=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McMahon|first1=Tamsin|title=Will quitting porn improve your life?|url=https://www.macleans.ca/society/life/can-swearing-off-porn-improve-your-life/|publisher=Maclean's|date=20 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="aussie">{{cite web|last1=Love|first1=Dylan|title=Inside NoFap, The Reddit Community For People Who Want To Be 'Masters Of Their Domain'|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/what-is-nofap-2013-11|website=Business Insider: Australia|accessdate=10 June 2015|date=2013-11-29}}</ref> Some correspondents have nicknamed NoFap's community members as ''NoFappers''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.informationng.com/2017/03/listen-watching-prnography-can-ruin-sx-life-10-reasons.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312051636/http://www.informationng.com/2017/03/listen-watching-prnography-can-ruin-sx-life-10-reasons.html |archive-date=2017-03-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://neonnettle.com/features/423-nofap-why-a-growing-number-of-males-are-refusing-to-masturbate|title=NoFap: Why A Growing Number Of Males Are Refusing To Masturbate|first=Neon|last=Nettle|website=Neon Nettle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/internet-porn-abounds-but-no-fappers-rise-to-the-occasion/news-story/67c474a806d07014042a08f5814aabe6 | title=Subscribe to the Australian | Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps}}</ref> ''fapstinent'',<ref>Taylor, Kris, and Sue Jackson. "‘I want that power back’: Discourses of masculinity within an online pornography abstinence forum." Sexualities 21.4 (2018): 621–639.</ref> or ''no-fappers''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/nofap-masturbation-sex-abstinence-reddit-subreddit-no-fap-november-709746|title=Can not masturbating for a month give you 'superpowers?' The men doing No Nut November sure hope so|first=Kastalia Medrano On 11/13/17 at 3:39 PM|last=EST|date=November 13, 2017|website=Newsweek}}</ref> Some self-described [[pornography addiction|porn addicts]] seek out NoFap for help,<ref name="aussie" /> while others join the website for the challenge or to improve their lives and [[interpersonal relationships]].<ref name="aussie" / ===Beliefs=== | |||