In over 30 years of practice, Dr. Errol Billinkoff rarely saw a man without kids come into his Winnipeg clinic to get a vasectomy. But since the pandemic began, he says it’s become an almost daily occurrence.

And he’s not alone.

“At first, I thought I was the only one who was noticing this,” Billinkoff, who brought a no-scalpel vasectomy procedure to Winnipeg in the early 1990s, told CBC News in a November interview.

“But I am part of an international chat group where doctors who do vasectomies participate and the topic came up, and it’s like everybody notices it.”

  • Omgpwnies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    That’s not really an option comparable to taking the pill. Firstly, it isn’t meant to sterilize, it works by effectively removing a person’s ability to become aroused. It also comes with a ton of side effects like reduced testosterone, osteoporosis, suicidal thoughts, etc.

    At least with a condom, a guy can still have sex.

    • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      12·
      6 days ago

      The pill gives women multiple side effects that can be debilitating yet men still prefer the woman take care of birth control.

      • Omgpwnies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        6 days ago

        Granted, but generally women are still able to have sex on the pill. Chemical castration removes that ability entirely, on top of the side effects.

        Presenting that in a thread discussing men undergoing voluntary surgery to sterilize themselves while stating that men make women handle birth control is a bit of a hot take there.