Sex cells [electronic resource] : the medical market for eggs and sperm / Rene Almeling.
Almeling, Rene, 1977-
2011
HQ761 .A46 2011eb
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Title Sex cells [electronic resource] : the medical market for eggs and sperm / Rene Almeling.
Author Almeling, Rene, 1977-
ISBN 9780520950221 (electronic bk.)
9780520270954
9780520270961
Publication Details Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 228 p.) : ill.
Call Number HQ761 .A46 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 381/.45618178
Summary Unimaginable until the twentieth century, the clinical practice of transferring eggs and sperm from body to body is now the basis of a bustling market. In Sex Cells, Rene Almeling provides an inside look at how egg agencies and sperm banks do business. Although both men and women are usually drawn to donation for financial reasons, Almeling finds that clinics encourage sperm donors to think of the payments as remuneration for an easy "job." Women receive more money but are urged to regard egg donation in feminine terms, as the ultimate "gift" from one woman to another.
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pt. I. Organizing the market
1. Characterizing the material
2. Selling genes, selling gender
pt. II. Experiencing the market
3. Producing eggs and sperm
Being a paid donor
5. Defining connections
Appendix A: Egg and sperm donors' characteristics at time of interview
Appendix B: Demographics of donors based on profiles at egg and sperm donation programs.

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