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Recent scientific research has, however, cast doubt over these longstanding assumptions, suggesting that a link does exist between \u2018lifestyle\u2019 factors and male fertility. The notion that fertility can be improved with effort (for both women and men) can be located within wider cultural and political shifts which construct individuals as increasingly responsible for acting on health messages and engaging in self\u2010disciplining body projects. Through an exploration of \u2018lifestyle changes\u2019 within a men's online infertility discussion forum board, this paper examines how discourses of individualisation healthism and masculinity are reproduced and interlinked. 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