If you believe that getting a vasectomy is emasculating and will destroy your manhood, maybe it's time that your beliefs about masculinity and manhood NEED to be destroyed.⠀ ⠀ Lately, there has been much talk about vasectomies amidst conversations about abortion, namely pointing out the hypocrisy surrounding the ways that we make decisions about women's reproductive rights in the United States. ⠀ ⠀ For many men, when starting to talk about the crotchal area the air is immediately filled with squeamishness that we try to cover up with awkward giggling and tired "stay away from my junk" deflections. Raise the topic of vasectomies and immediately the draw bridge gets pulled up, the moat lit on fire, and we begin to guard our genitals like a kingdom about to be overrun by a horde of foreign invaders.⠀ ⠀ Herein lies the problem, we equate the state of our genitals with our beliefs about manhood and masculinity. At a very base level, we believe that size, virility, and our ability to plant o...