Vasectomania

Wolfers, David; Wolfers, Helen

doi:10.2307/2133967

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“…In fact, the overall orientation of research typically tended toward being negative, with research findings emphasising such features as: the historical social stigma associated with vasectomy (e.g., Kohli & Sobrero, 1973, fear of pain (e.g., Groat, Neal, & Wicks, 1990), 'adverse psychological changes' (Ziegler et al, 1969, p. 53), sexual 'dysfunction' (e.g., Ziegler et al, 1969) or regret (e.g., Miller et al, 1990Miller et al, , 1991aMiller et al, , 1991b. Concerns about men being 'pressured' into the operation, both by partners and 'vasectomarketing' also pervaded research, and was often treated as the cause of many negative psychological effects (e.g., Miller et al, 1991a;Wolfers & Wolfers, 1973. Even where men were reported as speaking of satisfaction following a vasectomy, this was often treated as a 'defensive mechanism', distorting the much more negative 'reality' of their experience (e.g., Horenstein & Houston, 1975;Rodgers, et al, 1965).…”

Section: Existing Research On Vasectomymentioning

confidence: 99%

‘I’m committed to her and the family’: positive accounts of vasectomy among New Zealand men

Terry

Braun

2011

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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Background: More than 15 years ago, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) identified men's involvement with reproductive and contraceptive tasks as vital for improving women's reproductive health worldwide. The uptake of vasectomy provides one measure of men's involvement in reproductive and contraceptive actions, but uptake requires the negotiation of a complex set of social and psychological meanings related to masculinity, sexuality and contraceptive involvement. The limited research in this area paints a largely negative picture around vasectomy, emphasising fears, side effects, and men being pressured into having the operation, but it is not the only account of vasectomy. Objectives: The aim of this research was to examine the accounts of New Zealand men who had undergone vasectomy. Method: Interviews with 28 men who had opted to have a vasectomy (16 had children; 12 did not) based in New Zealand, a country with a high rate of vasectomy, offer a more positive portrayal of the meanings and experiences of vasectomy. Results: Men referred to vasectomy as a positive reflection of their identities, and their choice to have it as exemplifying personal characteristics they valued. Such accounts disrupt the common-sense story of vasectomy as negative or difficult for men, and allow it to be positioned as a positive choice for heterosexual male reproductive involvement and responsibility

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Section: Existing Research On Vasectomymentioning

confidence: 99%

‘I’m committed to her and the family’: positive accounts of vasectomy among New Zealand men

Terry

Braun

2011

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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“…To do so, we used a least-squares routine which is an extension of the DPU package written by Wolfers. 16 This is easy to do in the frame of the kinematic approximation which we use.…”

Section: Rϭmentioning

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Profile of the induced5dmagnetic moments in Ce/Fe and La/Fe multilayers probed by x-ray magnetic-resonant scattering

et al. 1999

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The element and electronic shell selectivity of x-ray resonant magnetic scattering ͑XRMS͒ has been used to investigate the profile of the spin polarization of the 5d electronic states of Ce and La across the rare-earth layers in Ce/Fe and La/Fe multilayers. The magnetic contributions to the diffracted intensities have been measured at low angles, at the L 2 edge of the rare earth. In agreement with previous results from x-ray magnetic circular dichroism ͑XMCD͒ experiments, the La 5d polarization is found to be localized right at the interfaces with the Fe layers, as it is expected from a direct hybridization with the Fe 3d states. In the case of Ce/Fe multilayers where Ce is in an ␣-like electronic state with a complex behavior of the 5d magnetic polarization, the XRMS results obtained for two samples with 10 and 22 Å thick Ce layers indicate that the Ce 5d polarization decreases slowly from the interfaces towards the center of the layers. This is in agreement with previous XMCD results. However, at least for the two samples which have been investigated, XRMS also suggests that the Ce 5d polarization oscillates across the Ce layer with a period equal to the ͑111͒ interplanar distance in ␣ fcc Ce. Though compatible with the XMCD findings, this oscillating behavior cannot be derived from its dependence on the Ce layer thickness because of the decrease of the magnetic polarization which prevents us from observing changes in the sign of the XMCD amplitude. ͓S0163-1829͑99͒04637-8͔ PHYSICAL REVIEW B 1 OCTOBER 1999-I VOLUME 60, NUMBER 13 PRB 60 0163-1829/99/60͑13͒/9662͑13͒/$15.00 9662

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“…As vasectomy became a globally available contraception option, the idea that the procedure might induce improved libido or sexual performance was actively discouraged by those concerned that this might influence patient choice [5]. However, the hypothesis that vasectomy would increase T levels was formally tested following reports in the early 1990s suggesting a causative link between vasectomy and the development of prostate cancer.…”

Section: Testosterone and Vasectomy And Prostate Cancermentioning

confidence: 99%