| 'Dealing with sperm': comparing lesbians' clinical and non-clinical donor conception processes. | |
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PMID: 20942823 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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A growing body of literature investigates heterosexual donor conception and there is now also a small body of work which investigates the experiences of single women and lesbian couples. Both of these focus on a clinical setting. Women, notably single and lesbians, also undertake non-clinical donor conception, and insufficient consideration has been paid to these self-arranged reproductive practices, and how they may compare with the clinical ones. Seeking to fill this gap, this paper explores women's experiences of accessing donor sperm inside and outside reproductive health clinics by drawing on a qualitative interview study with 25 lesbian couples in England and Wales with experiences of jointly pursuing donor conception. The paper explores the differences embedded in the two conception routes with regard to donor recruitment, access to donor sperm over time, space and the management of sperm as a bodily fluid. Utilising the framework of 'ontological choreography' developed by Thompson (2005), as well as Douglas's (1966) work around bodies, dirt and disgust, the paper argues that the clinic functions as a containment for legal as well as practical and bodily dimensions of donor conception, and this in turn shapes practices and perceptions of self-arranged conception. |
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Petra Nordqvist |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-10-13 |
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Title: Sociology of health & illness Volume: 33 ISSN: 1467-9566 ISO Abbreviation: Sociol Health Illn Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-01-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8205036 Medline TA: Sociol Health Illn Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 114-29 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2010 The Author. Sociology of Health & Illness © 2010 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness/Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, Manchester. petra.nordqvist@manchester.ac.uk |
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