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Are the men of Côte-d’Or ready for male contraception?

What if it was up to men to protect themselves so as not to have children? The question has arisen more and more in recent years, since it is for the moment women who must assume contraception. However, men have at their disposal the condom but also the vasectomy. It is a definitive operation on the male sex, to block the production of sperm. It thus blocks the possibility of having children. In Côte-d’Or, are men ready to take on male contraception?

Slow evolution of mentalities

When we talk about the masculine conception, it is a subject still unclear for the Côte-d’Oriens and Côte-d’Oriennes. Emma, ​​a 20-year-old nurse from Dijon, has just a vague idea of ​​contraceptive methods for men. ” I know there is the pill, the condom too. Vasectomy speaks a little to me because I had a patient who had used this method of contraception. », Hesitates the young woman. It is not better for Jean, 28 years old, questioned at the bend of the station of Dijon. He’s just new to vasectomy. ” Vasectomy, I know it’s a small operation, but I don’t know more “, Mumbles the employee of a small business.

Others are a little more in the know, like Tom, 29. This Parisian who works in Dijon is open on the subject: ” My girlfriend has special rules, so we don’t have much choice. She has to take the pill. If I was with another friend who does not have these problems, I would have accepted the burden of contraception. I would have chosen the heated briefs. I do not need the vasectomy because I am still young and I want to have children ».

The vasectomy is with the condom, the only reliable way to date to avoid having children, in men. This is confirmed by Doctor Quang-Bao Phan, urologist from Dijon: “ There are only two types of male contraception: the condom and the vasectomy. Other means are not considered reliable “. Vasectomy is a permanent operation on the male sex. Once operated, there is no more possible exit of the spermatozoa, which are the reproductive cells of the man.

The increasingly widespread vasectomy

Antoine, 36, made this choice. He works in communication. This man has been living as a couple with his wife for 10 years and he has two children. He does not want others: no obstacle then according to him for the vasectomy. A choice he discussed with his wife. ” We want to avoid anything that is hormonal. My girlfriend, she’s been on the pill for 20 years, because we tend in France to place teenage girls on this treatment, as soon as the rules appear. With the duration of treatment, she is therefore worried. She fears the presumed risks associated with the pill, such as cancer. She has already lost three women around her to this disease. So we discussed it, since we already have two children, so I made an appointment with the urologist to do a vasectomy. Said this man. He has therefore made an appointment with a urologist, and will therefore be on the operating table in a few days.

Pierre, 34, has already taken this step. This welder from Velars-sur-Ouche first mentions family and financial reasons: “ I already have two children, they have to be brought up. It adds to my professional life, so it takes time and energy “. The other argument, the most important according to him, is mainly medical: “I want to spare my wife the IUD or the implant that is placed in the arm “. He therefore made an appointment in August 2020 with the urologist. There follows a mandatory reflection period of four months, just to think carefully.

It is a quick operation, but with a big impact according to doctor Quang-Bao Phan: “ When patients come, I draw their attention to the fact that this is a definitive operation. In theory, if a patient changes his mind and wants a child again, sperm can still be collected from the testes. In practice, it is risky, because it is necessary to operate inside the testicles and there is a risk of infection or even a risk of loss of the organ. So I tell them that it is necessary to consider that it is final “. The final character: no problem for Pierre. He discussed it with his wife and is therefore returning to the doctor in November 2020.

A light and fast operation

The operation is finally done in November 2021. More exactly, on November 29, his birthday. Since then, he sees only the positive: ” It is a light operation, it is done in one day. It does not cost too much: 165 euros, part of which is covered by the mutual, including around thirty euros for medical appointments “. He still recommends taking two days off after the operation, just in case.

Pierre, Antoine and Tom are no longer exceptions, as noted by Doctor Quang-Bao Phan, urologist in Dijon: “ Mentalities are changing more and more. I see two patients a week in my office, to do a vasectomy “. Besides the condom and vasectomy, other means are in development. There are for example the heated briefs, the male pill or a ring to put around the male sex. These means are not considered completely reliable to date, for Dr. Phan.

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