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Count the whale and the elephant among the scrotumless. Temperature may be one: mammals are warm-blooded, and sperm in a scrotum can be kept slightly cooler than the rest of the body. A few decades ago, medical researchers began to notice that some men with fertility problems worked jobs that regularly exposed them to high temperatures. A study from found that otherwise healthy ceramic-oven operators were twice as likely to have difficulty fathering children than their colleagues who worked in shipping.

In another study, French bakers were much slower to impregnate their partners than men in a low-heat control group. A more recent invention , described in the International Journal of Andrology , used cool air instead of liquid. By the nineteen-nineties, researchers began to fret about underwear.

A study from followed two groups of men for several months: one group wore tight underwear and then, partway through the study period, switched to boxers; the other started out in boxers and later switched to briefs. All saw their semen parameters drop off in tight conditions.

Toss it. Masini says this purge should be accompanied by buying new underwear regularly. Link buying new underwear to something you already do on a schedule, so you get into the habit. Colors, fabrics, cuts, styles — have at least one pair of each.

Here, Dr. The next issue to consider is what material to choose. Masini says that men, just like women, should choose cotton or synthetic blends for everyday wear and save the more luxurious silks and other fun fabrics for special occasions.