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[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 59 points 5 months ago

The number of young men getting vasectomies also shot up, but men still get sterilized much less often than women.

I got mine in September. I'd kicked the can down the road for years but finally pulled the trigger largely because of Roe being overturned.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee 17 points 5 months ago

I was broke as hell and the vasectomy was going to cost $700.

I finally saved $700, and when I went in they said "shit dawg, you're broke as hell. Here is this program to make it free"

So even if you can't afford it, try reaching out to your local planned parenthood. They know how to navigate the benefit system better then you.

[-] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Hell yeah. I got mine done 5 years ago

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

The only reason I haven't is because I'm ace, so nothing's happening until I intentionally attempt for kids

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I’ll admit that I’d never considered your situation before and feel that I have learned quite a lot very suddenly. Thank you.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I only recently started to realize that myself actually. Even growing up with LGBT+ folks exploding in visibility, it was always in the direction of allosexual folks. I grew up being conditioned to believe whatever I felt about sex should be ignored and that I should seek it out.

What I've realized is that I'm not sex-adverse like I assumed ace folks would be, I just don't care or think about it. I also don't get the hype around sex. That's also a valid asexual outlook. Some day I do want to be a dad though, so I need the very same family planning resources that are currently being chipped away.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

What I heard: you’re up to it if you’re in the mood but you’ll never go looking for it.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

More like, I will have sex with romantic partners if they want it but I won't ever go asking them for sex. I'm completely disinterested in sex with strangers. I tried to dance around it because some folks find the discussion gross, but an additional aspect to being ace for me is that it doesn't feel much different from masturbating. I still have libido, so both of those are just ways of handling a natural part of being human

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Sweet, thanks.

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