Why Can Sperm Travel Through Thicker Clothing?
Dear Sexperts, I read on your site that sperm cannot travel through thicker clothing such as jeans. What is the reasoning behind this? And also is there any evidence of this statement? – Male, 24, Australia Answer: It’s always good to be critical! First of all, sperm are not on a hell-bent mission to get inside the vagina, up the cervix, into the uterus, half-way down the fallopian tube and into the egg. For the most part, sperm swim around in a haphazard direction, on random pathways. Out of the millions that are ejaculated, a few reach the egg through sheer luck. (Some scientists claim that the egg secretes chemoattractants that direct nearby sperm to the egg, but that is widely debated.) The random movement of sperm is one of the reasons men release so many sperm per ejaculate. Sperm released outside the vagina have a low chance of getting inside at all, even without a protective barrier. Next, sperm are delicate cells that thrive in a moist environment, such as that of the body. Af
