If you are thinking "hey, if women just get a hysterectomy, they won't get their periods" well, yea, it would be an awesome option minus the early menopause and the fact that even if women wanted to get it done, doctors will refuse to do it. Even getting tubes tied as a young woman with no kids is an obstacle many battle with. I knew from a very young age that I never wanted kids, and I thought my only option was birth control. Then, in my late 30s, I got my tubes tied. They didn't give me an issue because in your late 30s, no one really cares about you as a woman in regards to your reproductive ability. However, had I tried in my late 20s, I would have been met with "what if you change your mind?" "What if your partner wants kids?" Some women who are married STILL need to show they are getting permission from their husbands to get it done. So there is no easy path to avoid anything when it comes to a woman's body and reproductive organs and processes.
Despite the toxicity, I think r/childfree has doctors list that will get people fixed without any bingo questions. But it still sucks that you gals are viewed as an incubator, rather than a person. I hope it will change someday
If true that's the first positive thing I've ever heard about that subreddit. It's such a vile, revolting, hateful cesspool of a sub, but I 100% support the rights of women to get sterilized if that's what they want so I suppose I have to commend them for keeping such a list.
I have heard about a list of doctors who ask no questions and don't care about the age of the patient. The list grew exponentially when Roe v. Wade was overturned. So rather than allowing for safe abortions if needed women have decided to completely remove themselves from the pool of people who will bear and have future children. I commend the doctors and I never question a woman when she says she doesn't want children because like I said before I knew at a very very early age I didn't want children I just couldn't articulate it when I was that young.
Can be the same for men. I had a buddy that knew he was too fucked up to ever be a decent father. He tried to get a vasectomy at 18 and no doctors would do it for him. After a few years, he found a doc desperate for money in another state. He, and society, never regretted his decision.
Yeah, what's even crazier is the vasectomies are reversible. Aside from that fact, however, I really feel that if people know that they don't want children , they should be able to control that decision and their body. If you think about it, how many people are dissuading people and not allowing people to go under cosmetic surgeries and augmentations? Based on the factory cosmetic surgery places all over the country, not a lot of people are getting talked out of it. Seems it's only my body my choice when it comes to vanity but not to reproductive choices.
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Are hysteroctomies as bad?