What’s up With Male Contraception and Discomfort?
Embed from Getty Images Last week I was in a slum in the outskirts of Nairobi to mobilize men for World Vasectomy Day when a local doctor stood up to speak. The group, about 40 strong, listened...
View ArticleI Love France, but not Their Vasectomy Laws
Embed from Getty Images I love France. It’s beautiful. The wine is spectacular, the food is great, the quality of culture about the highest in the world and the biking unequaled. How do I know all of...
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A Message From World Vasectomy Day to the Good Men Project Community
For 20 years I made documentaries across the globe about men wreaking havoc on themselves, their communities, and their countries. Many of the subjects in my films paid the price for having...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With the ‘Greatest Country’ in the World?
Embed from Getty Images Let me start by saying I consider the fact that I was born in the United States the second best unintentional move I’ve ever made (the first was being incarnated as a human...
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In the Cradle of Mankind: Vasectomy in Kenya
By Sennah Akoi Markjackson In Kenya, just as with other African countries, there is the cultural belief that a man’s fertility belongs to the community as a whole. The result is that anything and...
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World Vasectomy Day 10 Day Sperm Count(down)
Today a group of men in Kangemi, a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, were asking me about vasectomies. I told them that a vasectomy is not for everyone, but only for men whose families are...
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Day 9 of the World Vasectomy Day 10 Day Sperm Count(down)
We live in a time when the chances for heroism are far and few between. The days of the fearless warrior are far behind us, and the prey once hunted is for the most part on the edge of extinction....
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Sperm Count(down) Day 8: On Our Way to World Vasectomy Day!
There are many compelling reasons for supporting World Vasectomy Day, like the over 325 million women who have had tubal ligations—six times the number of vasectomies—even though they are far more...
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World Vasectomy Day Sperm Count(down) Day 7
Having children is amazing, but let’s be honest, with 7.4 billion people on the planet, and counting, things here are not quite as abundant as they were back in the days of Adam and Eve. And having...
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Sperm Count(down) Day 6 of Why I Support World Vasectomy Day
World Vasectomy Day serves to remind us that each of us matters and that the choices we make in bringing life into existence and the choices we make on how to treat the life that already exists,...
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World Vasectomy Day Sperm Count(down) Day 5: Can a Vasectomy Lead to Better Sex?
We don’t suggest that it should be the determining factor in your decision to get a vasectomy, but there’s something quite amazing about a movement that not only helps save the planet, is good for...
View ArticleReplacing Cynicism With Optimism and Apathy With Purpose
Embed from Getty Images I’m on a plane returning home after three months in Kenya. First a layover in Morocco. Next NYC. I’ve been reading a lot of depressing post-election emails and postings and...
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African Men Stand Up!
By Sheila Gabeya It is only if you have been born and bred in an African household that you fully understand the thin line African men walk while growing up between modernity and tradition. Your...
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Family Planning is Getting Manly
Have you heard of World Vasectomy Day? It’s hard to imagine feeling particularly heroic with your pants down on a procedure table – literally putting your balls on the line. But that’s exactly what...
View Article5 Reasons Getting a Vasectomy is Good for Your Sex Life
Embed from Getty Images One of the biggest concerns among men considering the snip is how it will affect their sex lives. Severing the vas deferens – the link between the sperm vesicles in the...
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Male Contraceptive Options
Embed from Getty Images — Birth control is a common concern for women and men. While women have many options when choosing a birth control method, men have fewer options. However, research has long...
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On Babies, Vasectomies, and Other Ways that Life isn’t Fair
Embed from Getty Images My wife and I couldn’t conceive naturally. Her eggs are… scrambled. Or poached. Or something like that. I’m sketchy on the details. My spermies, however, I’m a little more solid...
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Taryn Southern Shares Her Experience with Having Her Eggs
— Taryn Southern shares her experience with having her eggs frozen. . Taryn Southern shares her experience with having her eggs frozen. Posted by ATTN: on Sunday, July 2, 2017 . — This post was...
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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Genetic Counseling
— As a genetic counselor, it’s very common to get confused looks from people when I try to describe to them what I do for a living. At JScreen, genetic counselors are a vital part of the carrier...
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This Is Why Financial Planning Is the Most Boring Part of Family Planning
1. You already know the Drill: This stuff is exactly like running drills in elementary school. Everybody hated it; even the Athletes. We would rather dissolve in a pool of our own sweat and...
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