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Intern Katy of Jezebel says (emphasis mine)

Unfortunately, the vasectomy is hard to sell, according to doctors. Many men, like Michael Lewis, author of Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood, view the procedure as somewhat akin to castration. Lewis says his own vasectomy made him feel like a “traitor to [his] sex.“

She said it here.

Well, he’s got the traitor to his sex part right.

Seriously? The guy’s supposed to be some great big-swinging dick reporter? (He actually introduced the term “big swinging dick” to financial reporting in Liar’s Poker!) He’s supposed to be good enough to report credibly on Iceland’s entire economic meltdown after a long weekend spent there but in 49 years he can’t even figure out how his own penis works? W the F?

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More from Katy’s source (USA Today, I think, but visit her post and follow the links.)

Myths about vasectomy persist. The biggest, doctors say, is that it will lower testosterone levels and affect sexual function and desire. “We still spend a lot of time explaining that there is absolutely no effect on sexual function or libido,” [University of Illinois at Chicago professor Lawrence] Ross says.

Yeah, like I had any less testosterone when I got my first vasectomy?

Like I had any more after my reversal?

Like I have any less after my follow-up vasectomy?

I don’t think so.

Actually I’m pretty sure when it comes to testosterone I’ve got plenty. If I had anymore I’d grow antlers.

Hey, you want the inside scoop on what vasectomies have done to my sex life? Wanna know what women have generally done to my penis after seeing those little scars?

Raunchy things.

Lascivious things.

Exotic things.

Loving things.

Enthusiastic things.

Repeated things.

Repeated things.

More repeated things.

Eager things.

Things that by and large have felt very, very good!

But most importantly?

Exactly the same things they wanted to do before I had them.

Except more frequently. Because for a man, before or after, there’s really no… well… fucking difference between having a vasectomy and not having one except neither he nor his partner needs to worry about anymore, um, “innocent byproducts.”

Than they already have.

Than they already wanted.

Than they already planned.

Sheesh!

Katy says

Despite the fact that the vasectomy is a safer, simpler process than female sterilization, more women undergo sterilization surgery than men (half of women using birth control ages 40-44 had had their tubes tied, while only 20% of men that age have). It seems that the vasectomy has a real PR problem.

Seriously! More sex more often? Zero concern about unplanned, unwanted pregnancies? Less stressed out partners? No impact on testosterone? Opportunity to call Michael Lewis a wuss? What more PR do you possibly need?

Sheesh!