Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title |
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... notions of masculinity as represented by sperm exist in real-lived human experiences, these representations are also ideal types of masculinity begging for a performance. Thus the meaning of masculinity is not concrete, consistent, and ...
... notions about certain types of men. In chapter 5, I analyze the growth of the semen banking industry, their advertising practices, and the backlash to this industry by certain fatherhood rights movements. Here sperm is represented and ...
... , perpetuate some of the most stereotypical notions of macho men and their rightful place in society. SACRED SPERM The medieval Italian Catholic philosopher and saint, Thomas 19 Lashing Their Tails: Science Discovers Sperm.
... notion that women were “mere vessels” in the context of human reproduction. But the consequences were also significant for men when, by the 19th century, beliefs about sperm's value centered on what historian G. J. Barker-Benfield has ...
... notions of masculinity. As reported in many sociological and psychological studies, however, women overwhelmingly bear the blame of infertility and the brunt of more invasive treatments. Even though infertility is typically explained as ...
Contents
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The Money Shot in Pornography and Prostitution | 71 |
Sperm Banks and the Crisis of Fatherhood | 92 |
Semen as Evidence | 121 |
The Future of Sperm | 147 |