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  • Why be shocked

    Why be shocked that someone gets their genitals cut? Something like 80% of women experience that for one or all of their children. Most women experience episiotomy, tearing and pushing the head of another human being through their genitals. Everyday health care for women is so much more invasive than for men. Every year we have to allow someone to ...
    Posted to Dad Again by Spada29 on January 18, 2008

  • My Vasechtomy

    I had mine 15 years ago, and have never regretted it once. Afterwards, my dad confided that he had also had one years before, and that it was one of the best decisions he had ever made. He was right. I was sore for about a week, even had to use a cane the first few days back at work (it hurts more thatn they say it will). But after that, the ...
    Posted to Dad Again by davidpvan on January 18, 2008

  • What a difference

    As much as I was dreading actually getting the procedure done, I had my lovely wife there with me the whole time which made it a lot easier to handle. I do have to say though, what little bit of pain the first few days after has more than been made up for with the change in my wife's desire to be intimate. Without the risk of getting pregnant, ...
    Posted to Dad Again by kball on January 18, 2008

  • You've got to be kidding....

    How self-conscious can the author be? I think he hit on every cliche and stereotype there is about getting the operation. Not only does it bring nothing new to the discussion, but the retread makes it dull reading. I enjoy Slate because it usually offers new insights and transcends the specific topic. One weakness in Slate is its navel gazing ...
    Posted to Dad Again by darling on January 18, 2008

  • jackass

    I once worked in a sawmill in a red part of a red state and these guys - flannel wearing, Old Milwaukee swilling, deer slaying men - bragged about getting vasectomies. ''Three's fucking enough and so snip, snip.'' Another said, ''I was in and out of the office and then went and had a beer.'' Getting a vasectomy is about birth control, not about ...
    Posted to Dad Again by Sandra L Hubscher on January 17, 2008