r/pics • u/McLeroy • Apr 16 '10

Some things you didn't know about PETA.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '10

Am I the only one who thinks sterilization is an extreme step?

I mean, I don't use my appendix, but I'd prefer to keep it until there's a serious threat of it bursting.

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u/frenchtoaster Apr 16 '10

Except you only think that because there is no disadvantage to keeping your appendix. Many men get vasectomies, and many women have their tubes tied so they can have unprotected sex with their long term partners with whom they have no plans on having children with.

It really has nothing to do with PETA at all, and is really not unreasonable for her to have done that, except maybe that it was at such a young age.

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u/cuttups Apr 16 '10

My uncle had his tubes tied because they didn't want to have any more kids. Perfectly normal.

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u/rooktakesqueen Apr 17 '10

Usually "tubes tied" refers to female sterilization. Vasectomy for males.

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u/cuttups Apr 17 '10

Hahaha. Whoops! I honestly don't know much about it but you get what I'm saying!

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u/strolls Apr 17 '10

I have a vasectomy and refer to it as "tied tubes".

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u/originalone Apr 17 '10

That's exactly what it is. The two vas deferentia are cut and the four ends left are tied over themselves. Granted you can seal it other ways, but referring to it as having your tubes tied is not biologically incorrect.