No Nut November

No Nut November is an internet challenge revolving around abstinence, in which participants abstain from masturbation and orgasming during the month of November. It originated in the early 2010s and grew in popularity on social media during and after 2017.

History
Although No Nut November was originally intended to be satirical, some participants claim that abstaining from ejaculating and watching pornography has health benefits. An Urban Dictionary entry for No Nut November was published in 2011, and, in 2017, the movement started to gain popularity on social media. It is associated with the NoFap community on Reddit, which encourages its members not to masturbate. The Reddit community /r/NoNutNovember grew from 16,500 subscribers in November 2018 to 52,000 subscribers as of November 2019 and to 85,300 in November 2020.

After some public figures, such as Paul Joseph Watson promoted the campaign, E. J. Dickson of Rolling Stone suggested that the movement has been coopted by the far-right. Vice Media criticized the challenge in 2018 after adherents threatened xHamster via Twitter.

Destroy Dick December
Destroy Dick December is a related internet challenge following No Nut November which serves as a counterpoint, encouraging participants to take part in sexual activities such as intercourse and masturbation, after abstaining from them during the previous month. The custom is to orgasm as many times as equal to the number of the day, starting with one orgasm ("nut") on the first of December, and ending with thirty-one "nuts" on the last day of December. This entails $$\sum_{d = 1}^{31} d = 496$$ total masturbatory sessions, an average of 16 "nuts" per day.