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The Health and Well-being Implications of Emotion Work Undertaken by Gay Sperm Donors

School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide, damien.riggs{at}adelaide.edu.au

As reproductive health clinics both within Australia and internationally continue to face a shortfall in the number of available sperm donors, so there exists a growing demand for men willing to donate to clinics. At the same time, and where an increasing number of countries move toward legislating for the release of identifying information about donors to children conceived of their sperm, fewer men report a willingness to act as donors. This article suggests that this is at least in part caused by the considerable ‘emotion work’ involved in sperm donation. Drawing on 21 interviews conducted with gay Australian sperm donors, the article provides a thematic analysis of instances of such emotion work and explores the implications of this for the health and well-being of gay men who donate sperm both to clinics and in private arrangements.

Key Words: gay sperm donors • emotion work • health and well-being • heterosexism • thematic analysis

Feminism & Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 4, 517-533 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0959353509342844


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