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  • Title: The effects of vasectomy on the perception of marital roles among married Filipino couples.
    Author: Barrion E.
    Journal: Popul Data Inf Serv; 1978; (4):20-4. PubMed ID: 12261323.
    Abstract:
    Using a non-probability type of sampling a total of 20 men who underwent a vasectomy at the University of the Philippines PGH Medical Center and their wives were selected to be interviewed. The general objective of the study was to identify the effects of vasectomy on the perception of marital roles among married Filipino couples. The specific study objectives were to determine the effects of vasectomy on the perception of self-image of vasectomized Filipino males, to investigate the sexual problems that may arise after vasectomy, and to clarify misconceptions regarding vasectomy that may be brought up by the subjects. The following were included among the results: 1) before sterilizaiton, all the males were worried about their increasing family size, but after the operation 80% felt no need for further worry in this regard; 2) 10% of the men felt that the vasectomy had negatively affected their physical health; 3) 85% of the men felt that the surgical method did not affect their masculinity; 4) the majority of the couples felt no difference in their love for one another after the vasectomy as attested to by 75% of the husbands and 80% of the wives; 5) 25% of the females and 40% of the males reported increased sexual desire after the vasectomy; and 6) 55% of the males reported no change in the sexual satisfaction they derived from intercourse after the vasectomy.
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