Vanessa Marin discusses reactions—particularly from women—toward men who feel nervous about a minor medical procedure (implied: a vasectomy). She contrasts women’s frustration (seeing it as a small procedure compared with childbirth) with a call for compassion and space for men to express fear and emotions.
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A lot of women were like, he's being such a baby about it. I can't have any compassion for him because I went through childbirth. And on the one hand, I will say, I think there are a lot of men out there who are kind of being annoying about it, like, oh, I don't want to get it done. Like, I just don't want to have to deal with it. And so I get the annoyance on women's parts of like, dude, this is a very small, minor procedure. I've been carrying all the weight of the, you know, family planning. But on the other hand, like, I think we need to give men the space to have feelings and emotions and to say, like, yeah, if you're nervous about getting this procedure, that's okay. That's understandable.