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SUMMARY:Sex Cells: the medical market for eggs and sperm - Dr Rene Almelin
 g (Sociology\, Yale University)
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CONTACT:Odette Rogers
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Unimaginable until the twentieth century\, the clini
 cal practice of transferring eggs and sperm from body to body is now the b
 asis of a bustling market in the United States. In this talk\, Rene Almeli
 ng provides an inside look at how egg agencies and sperm banks do business
 .\nAlthough both men and women are usually drawn to donation for financial
  reasons\, Almeling discusses how clinics encourage sperm donors to think 
 of the payments as remuneration for an easy "job." \nWomen receive more mo
 ney but are urged to regard egg donation in feminine terms\, as the ultima
 te "gift" from one woman to another. She argues that the gendered framing 
 of paid donation\, as either a job or a gift\, not only influences the str
 ucture of the market for sex cells\, but also profoundly affects the indiv
 iduals whose genetic material is being purchased.\n>\nBio: Rene Almeling i
 s an assistant professor of sociology at Yale University. She is author of
  the award-winning book\, Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm
  (University of California Press\, 2011).\nHer current research includes a
  national survey of American attitudes toward genetic risk\, a survey of w
 omen's experiences with in vitro fertilization\, an article for the Annual
  Review of Sociology on \nreproduction\, and a new book project on the his
 tory of men's health. \nHer research on reproductive technologies\, geneti
 c testing\, gender\, and medicine has been featured in national and intern
 ational media\, including The New York Times and the BBC.\n\n
LOCATION:Sociology Department Seminar Room\, Free School Lane
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