THE STEREOTYPES – ‘MEN NEED TO BE IN CONTROL’ (PSYCHOSEXUAL SKILLS)
Mr H. came requesting vasectomy. He was a small businessman whose wife helped in the playgroup. Their children were older and starting secondary school. The doctor pictured his wife as an intensely earthbound mother putting continued efforts into child rearing and understanding the needs of parents and their desire to procreate. Mr H. spent most of his time at the shop.
The doctor asked him how he would feel about never being able to father a child again. He paused, quietened and said how he loathed the shop. He had hoped that his wife would put more hours in serving to let him do other things. No, he really did not want a vasectomy either, he was wondering about becoming a mature student and doing primary teaching. Neither member of this couple really wanted sterilization despite peer pressure.
One cannot assume that the marriage will benefit from vasectomy (Howard, 1979).
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