# How can I make myself sterile without getting a vasectomy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818 "2004-06-11T15:04:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818/41 "2004-06-13T01:43:40Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > If your wife does not want to get pregnant again, she could simply kick you in the nuts every time you start to get frisky. So what you’re saying is we should maintain the status quo, eh? Eh? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818/42 "2004-06-13T02:00:58Z")
> [@citrus x paradisi](#): > > As someone who lost a large amount of his cola to the keyboard while reading this thread, I ask… nay, DEMAND that the man-child be named **FetusSmith.** 😃 …and **Winston Smith** begat **FetusSmith** who begat **EmbryoSmith** who begat **CellSmith** who begat **AtomSmith** who begat… Wait a minute… **AtomSmith** would be a kick-ass **Band Name!** ---
**Author:** ![Ryle\_Dup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ryle\_Dup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryle_Dup)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818/43 "2004-06-13T14:03:13Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > [hijack] > > Is or Does the word scrotum ever get pluralized? Like to scrotums or Scroti? > > I mean, they are always referred to as balls. Being that I am not an owner of a set, I have often pondered this eternal question. > Signed, > > Curious > > [/hijack] I believe scrotum refers to either the whole package, or the skin / sack that contains the balls. So it really isn’t pluralized all that much. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818/44 "2004-06-13T14:16:26Z")
OK, in looking up the plural of [scrotum](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=scrotum), I see the etymology comes from the latin _scrautum_ which they give as “quiver”. As in, “trembling,” or as in, “… of arrows”? Because both make sense to me. Anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818/45 "2004-06-13T14:40:21Z")
The vasectomy is not a big deal. Yeah, it hurts a bit afterwards, for a couple of days. And you do have to shave your scrotum, which is… um… odd. But it’s not much pain, not much of an inconvenience, and does tend to result in extra Loving Attention ™ to the aggrieved parts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818/46 "2004-06-13T20:51:29Z")
just get a vasectomy, dude ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818/47 "2004-06-13T21:51:27Z")
> [@Roadwalker](#): > > just get a vasectomy, dude Yeah, that seems to be the genaral concensus, **Roadwalker** Snip, snip, right? If I suffer, I’ll bear it quietly and blame you and **Indygrrl**. 😉 Where’s **Handy** when you need 'im? ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818/48 "2004-06-13T22:18:34Z")
Yeah, can’t even use [increased prostate risk](http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Vasectomy_Does_Not_Increase_Prostate_Cancer_Risk.asp) as an excuse any more… ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818/49 "2004-06-13T22:20:03Z")
Er. That was supposed to be _increased prostate CANCER risk…_ :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-sterile-without-getting-a-vasectomy/249818.md?page=2)