Exploring the stigma of male infertility

The issue of male infertility can leave men floundering and uncommunicative but taking a medical and holistic approach can have astonishing results.

THERE are a range of labels and phrases around male infertility designed to kick a man when he’s down. There’s the word ‘jaffa’, slang for an infertile man, inspired by the seedless orange. There’s the reference to ‘shooting blanks’ and ‘bad swimmers’.

The terminology adds insult to injury for men struggling to come to terms with the fact that their ability to father a child is either severely compromised or downright impossible.