OvaCorp is one of the oldest and largest commercial egg agencies in the
country, and CryoCorp is one of the oldest and largest commercial sperm
banks. Creative Beginnings is a smaller commercial egg agency that has been
open for only a few years. Western Sperm Bank is the only nonprofit sperm
bank in the United States, with roots in the feminist women’s health movement.
Despite institutional differences like tax status, size, and date of establishment,
staff in each of these four programs consider themselves service providers to
recipient clients.
To maintain their businesses, staff must recruit “sellable” donors who
provide “high quality” gametes to recipients who “shop” different egg agencies
and sperm banks. Economic language permeates their talk, yet they are very
aware of being in a unique business. Staff discuss “people management”
strategies and point out that they are not “manufacturing toothpaste” or
“selling pens.” They also consistently refer to the women and men who produce
genetic material as “donors” who “help” recipients, and they refer to the
donor–recipient exchange as a “win–win situation.” This confluence of
economic logic with altruistic rhetoric develops through each stage of the
donation process and results in bodily commodification that occurs in very
different ways for women than for men
OvaCorp is one of the oldest and largest commercial egg agencies in thecountry, and CryoCorp is one of the oldest and largest commercial spermbanks. Creative Beginnings is a smaller commercial egg agency that has beenopen for only a few years. Western Sperm Bank is the only nonprofit spermbank in the United States, with roots in the feminist women’s health movement.Despite institutional differences like tax status, size, and date of establishment,staff in each of these four programs consider themselves service providers torecipient clients.To maintain their businesses, staff must recruit “sellable” donors whoprovide “high quality” gametes to recipients who “shop” different egg agenciesand sperm banks. Economic language permeates their talk, yet they are veryaware of being in a unique business. Staff discuss “people management”strategies and point out that they are not “manufacturing toothpaste” or“selling pens.” They also consistently refer to the women and men who producegenetic material as “donors” who “help” recipients, and they refer to thedonor–recipient exchange as a “win–win situation.” This confluence ofeconomic logic with altruistic rhetoric develops through each stage of thedonation process and results in bodily commodification that occurs in verydifferent ways for women than for men
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