Sperm donors versus long-term mates: a comparison of preferences of heterosexual and lesbian women

Y Bokek-Cohen - Human Fertility, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The present study aimed to explore whether lesbian women's preferences for a sperm donor
or a long-term mate show a pattern similar to those of heterosexual women. Three hundred …

Are UK policies and practices for regulated donor insemination forcing women to find unregulated sperm donors online? A perspective on the available evidence

F Taylor, R Turner-Moore, A Pacey… - Frontiers in global …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, there has been an increase in women obtaining donor sperm via
unregulated websites and social media. In this article, we bring together the disparate …

What women want in their sperm donor: a study of more than 1000 women's sperm donor selections

S Whyte, B Torgler, KL Harrison - Economics & Human Biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Reproductive medicine and commercial sperm banking have facilitated an evolutionary shift
in how women are able to choose who fathers their offspring, by notionally expanding …

Why search for a sperm donor online? The experiences of women searching for and contacting sperm donors on the internet

V Jadva, T Freeman, E Tranfield, S Golombok - Human Fertility, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Whilst studies have examined the experiences of women who use clinic donors, to date
there has been limited research investigating women's motivations and experiences of …

Determinants of online sperm donor success: how women choose

S Whyte, B Torgler - Applied Economics Letters, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Because the worldwide demand for sperm donors is much higher than the actual supply
available through fertility clinics, an informal online market has emerged for sperm donation …

The behavioural economics of organisational inefficiency: The example of the New Zealand fitness industry

HJR Altman - 2020 - eprints.qut.edu.au
We determine the quality of exercise practitioners in New Zealand's fitness industry, given
concerns expressed over quality, by constructing original data sets from publicly available …

Acceptance and rejection of “morally challenging” behaviour in online sperm donation communities: narrative interviews with recipients and donors

GC Forshall, GL Jones, R Turner-Moore - Frontiers in Reproductive …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Online sperm donation allows those hoping to conceive a baby (“recipients”) to
meet prospective sperm donors online, via “connection” websites or social media. These …

Understanding the reasons why men and women do not donate gametes

S Whyte, HF Chan, N Ferguson, M Godwin… - Reproductive …, 2023 - Springer
The global under-supply of sperm and oocyte donors is a serious concern for assisted
reproductive medicine. Research has explored self-selected populations of gamete donors …

Gendering gametes: The unequal contributions of sperm and egg donors

R Hertz, MK Nelson, W Kramer - Social Science & Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper compares three groups of gestational mothers who relied on gametes from
donors they did not know. The three groups are women who have conceived with donor …

Online sperm donors: the impact of family, friends, personality and risk perception on behaviour

S Whyte, DA Savage, B Torgler - Reproductive biomedicine online, 2017 - Elsevier
As informal sperm donation becomes more prevalent worldwide, understanding donor
psychology and interactions is critical in providing effective policy, equitable legislative …