Eugenic sterilization in California

Of 36 men committed to the California state hospitals for mental diseases, and there vasectomized, 22 stated that they had noticed no change in their sexual life since the operation, nine reported an increase in sexual activity and enjoyment, five a decrease. Histories were obtained from 65 normal men who had undergone vasectomy voluntarily. That they were well pleased with the results of the operation was the verdict of 62 of the men; two were moderately pleased, one dissatisfied. No change in mental or physical health was seen by 47; the others thought that they had improved in one of these respects or in both. The operation seemed to make no difference in the ability of the men to control the duration of coitus. The operation was not found to result in any unusual sense of fulness or discomfort in the scrotum, in any pain or drawing sensation in the cord, or in any feeling of distension and lack of complete relief from the orgasm. With one exception, wives of all the vasectomized men were well pleased with the operation. The exception had no complaint to make about the operation so far as it affected her own marital relations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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