Download e-book for iPad: Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm by Rene Almeling

By Rene Almeling

ISBN-10: 0520270959

ISBN-13: 9780520270954

ISBN-10: 0520270967

ISBN-13: 9780520270961

unbelievable until eventually the 20 th century, the medical perform of shifting eggs and sperm from physique to physique is now the root of a bustling industry. In Sex Cells, Rene Almeling presents an inside of examine how egg organizations and sperm banks do company. even supposing either women and men are typically interested in donation for monetary purposes, Almeling reveals that clinics inspire sperm donors to consider the funds as remuneration for a simple "job." ladies obtain more cash yet are advised to treat egg donation in female phrases, because the final "gift" from one girl to a different. Sex Cells indicates how the gendered framing of paid donation, as both a task or a present, not just affects the constitution of the industry, but in addition profoundly impacts the members whose genetic fabric is being purchased.

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