If a man was in a hot tub (102 degrees) for an hour would his testes be too hot for the sperm to live?
yea, he’d probably be sterile for a couple of days, but wear a condom anyway cuz you never know, some of them may just be determined to live. edit: ok, time to educate the sex educator, sperm is affected by external heat, research exerts attached (she’s right about the condom and getting out of the tub though and better safe than sorry) I’m probably wrong about “sterile” for a couple of days, but heat does affects sperm count and motility in a negative way, the testicles are external for a reason to be cooler than the average 98.6* of the rest of the body. “Can Hot Tub Use Affect Male Fertility? Heat on its own is damaging to the sperm and can hence affect male fertility to a certain extent. This impact is however temporary and does not cause permanent damage. Remember that men’s testes are outside the body for a reason. The reason being they need to be in a cooler environment to produce healthy sperm. Studies have also shown that sperm quality and count vary in men according to the se