Sugar Editorial Picks
Jun 16, 2009 -
USA Today recently discussed the challenge of selling male sterilization. A vasectomy, a quick operation that prevents pregnancy by blocking the tubes that carry sperm, is simpler and safer than female sterilization. Even so, they are much less common than female sterilization, since men are less comfortable with medical procedures, especially when, let's face it, it involves their penises.
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Dec 01, 2008 -
Women have many birth control options ranging from The Pill to the IUCs, but men can only rely on condoms to prevent pregnancy. There is another more invasive option though — a vasectomy. Although this seems like a procedure for older men, it turns out that more and more young men are opting for this minor surgery.
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Nov 02, 2007 -
I am asking for advice because I feel so stuck. I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for two years, and we have been living together for a year now. He is 45, divorced with three kids.
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Aug 13, 2007 -
I'm keeping a lobster in my purse from now on-- for dating purposes.
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Apr 13, 2007 -
While reporting on vasectomies, a news anchor gets visually distracted and can't keep his schoolboy giggles to himself. Soon thereafter, the camera person joins in on the fun and the report takes a surprising below-the-belt detour. So much for serious broadcast journalism!
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Jan 20, 2007 -
Dear Sugar
I am currently in an extremely loving relationship with an older man. I am 26 and he is 45 years old. He is divorced and has two children with a crazy ex wife.
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Feb 01, 2008 -
A news station had its hands tied (visually) when it came to a story about the man version of getting your tubes tied. So during a segment on vasectomies, they pulled out stock footage of people walking down the street. Thing is, those man-on-the-street news reels tend to be, uh, crotch-centric.
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May 05, 2009 -
Imagine throwing away your birth control pills and asking your significant other to take on the burden of contraception.
Scientists are getting closer to making that a reality with their work on testosterone injections to temporarily block sperm production. (Six months after the injections, men's sperm counts return to normal.) Trials in China so far show promise: one man in a 100 fathered a child while on the injections.
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Sep 26, 2008 -
One Louisiana politician's brainstorm for stopping generational welfare — welfare recipients having children who also end up on assistance — is giving birth to huge controversy. The idea? Offering $1,000 to poor women to get their tubes tied.
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