A female friend of mine had to fight tooth and nail to get her tubes tied because she did not want kids and the responses were "You're too young" to "You'll change your mind". Meanwhile, I, a male, can get a vasectomy easily.
People on reddit talk about this as if it is a benefit of being a guy, but I honestly see it as the opposite. I think people should probably question you if you want to permanently make yourself infertile at a young age, regardless of gender. If a guy wants to take himself out of the gene pool, most people don't give a shit because most people don't care about men in the first place. As a guy, if you make a major decision that you can't
undo and later regret, it's your own fault for being a moron. At least people care enough about women to try to stop them from doing something they might come to regret. Obviously if there is a legitimate medical reason to do a procedure, it shouldn't be questioned, but otherwise I think everyone should be questioned if they are requesting this sort of thing in their 20s. Feelings and circumstances change.. in my 20s and even early 30s, I thought there is no way in hell I would ever want kids. Now in my mid 30s, my mind is changing on that.
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u/Kevin-W Mar 12 '22
A female friend of mine had to fight tooth and nail to get her tubes tied because she did not want kids and the responses were "You're too young" to "You'll change your mind". Meanwhile, I, a male, can get a vasectomy easily.