2007
Selling Genes, Selling Gender: Egg Agencies, Sperm Banks, and the Medical Market in Genetic Material
Almeling R. Selling Genes, Selling Gender: Egg Agencies, Sperm Banks, and the Medical Market in Genetic Material. American Sociological Review 2007, 72: 319-340. DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200301.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
‘Why do you want to be a donor?’: gender and the production of altruism in egg and sperm donation
Almeling R. ‘Why do you want to be a donor?’: gender and the production of altruism in egg and sperm donation. New Genetics And Society 2006, 25: 143-157. DOI: 10.1080/14636770600855184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEgg donation agenciesSociology of genderCommercial agenciesSperm donationEconomic sociologyQualitative interviewsStructural contextAgenciesSociologyDonor motivationUnited StatesFinancial motivationPercentage of womenObservations of staffSperm banksGenderMotivationRhetoricPrevious researchWomenStaffInterviewsMenBanksDonation