{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60032060-080e-42c5-ac26-f93fc2b4d612/628bc409bf78780012d16679?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Vasectomy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6215faef4b795a5d1ffd3b62/1647338597774-a2404f1ce8cc1a6d2c15dc1705392021.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What do you think of when you think of birth control? Is it condoms, IUDs, the pill? What about vasectomies?</p><p><br></p><p>From monkey testicles to possible cancer treatments to ties of honour, over the past 150 years ‘the snip’ has had a few variations and uses … not all of them scientifically sound. But what is it? And how did it come about?</p><p><br></p><p>Kate is joined Betwixt the Sheets by Georgia Grainger (https://twitter.com/sniphist) to discuss the vasectomy’s place as a contraceptive, as well as its relationship with eugenics and masculinity.</p><p><br></p><p>*WARNING this episode includes mentions of mental illness, eugenics and themes of an adult nature*</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Pete Dennis.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal &amp; Society. A podcast by History Hit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This podcast includes music from Epidemic Sound and archive clips from Singer Sewing Machines “Three Smart Daughters” advertisement, 1940, and Beich Whiz Bar “Party Magic” commercial, 1938.</p>","author_name":"History Hit"}