How do anonymous sperm donors signal credibility through their self-presentations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3654174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Riki Halamish‐leshem (0000-0001-9549-9040, Ariel University, corresponding author), Ya''Arit Bokek-Cohen, Ya'Arit Bokek-Cohen |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-93 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14461242.2015.1004800 |
| OpenAlex | W2026054945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 44 |
Sperm donor profiles in catalogues exhibited in commercial sperm bank websites provide health information about each donor, both explicitly and implicitly. Donors' anonymity poses a great challenge to signalling credibility. Inspired by both Spence's signalling theory and Walther and Park's warranting theory, the study explores the way sperm donors add credibility to their self-presentations. Profiles of 135 donors from nine sperm banks in Europe and North America were content analysed; 36 of these donors' baby photos were visually analysed. Donors compensated for the paucity of usable warrants by adding intensified emotional context to the profile and inviting potential recipients to join a fantasy family. The article concludes with some practical recommendations aimed at facilitating the process of donor selection for the benefit of donor insemination users, as well as fertility practitioners, and sperm donors
Andrology · Anonymity · Artificial insemination · Biology · Credibility · Donor insemination · Fertility · Gynecology · Insemination · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Sociology · Sperm · Sperm bank · Sperm donation · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Demography · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Law · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Genetics
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Public Displays of Connection
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Signaling in Retrospect and the Informational Structure of Markets
No Pain, No Gain
Computer-Mediated Communication
Handbook of Interpersonal Communication
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Donor-Conceived People's Access to Genetic and Biographical History
Dicing with Deception
Managing Impressions Online
Naturalistic inquiry
Signals in Social Supernets
Life, Science, and Biopower
The donor, the father, and the imaginary constitution of the family
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Australian sperm donors
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Beyond motivation
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |