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Does using a laptop on your lap affect your private areas regardless of gender?
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Give laptop a break: If you are a male and constantly have the lap top on your privates the warmth can affect your sperm and fertility theroretically speaking. It should have no effect on your desire, or potential however.
Answered 3/24/2013
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