What field of information was available to the sperm buyers?
From my understanding of that information and preferences within it, I'd guess that this guy was unusually healthy and from an unusually healthy family, tall, went to an Ivy League school, high IQ score, and was Caucasian. At least, that's the impression I've gotten of favored sperm donor characteristics from the want-ads for them.
The New York Times published a story about a sperm donor with 150 children. Genghis Khan would be proud!
It's apparent this donor has physical, mental, or personality traits that appeal to a great number of women. If these are anonymous donations, then the donor was social proofed somehow, either by the clinic operators, or by the apparent quality of his children. Think thoroughbred horse breeding.
It's clear a lot of people seeking designer babies want their children to resemble an ideal but what ideal is this? What does it look like? To what end? Is this ideal timeless, or is it shifting depending on the times?
This is a big deal: you can't trust a person with a different idea of perfect.
What field of information was available to the sperm buyers?
From my understanding of that information and preferences within it, I'd guess that this guy was unusually healthy and from an unusually healthy family, tall, went to an Ivy League school, high IQ score, and was Caucasian. At least, that's the impression I've gotten of favored sperm donor characteristics from the want-ads for them.
The New York Times published a story about a sperm donor with 150 children. Genghis Khan would be proud!
It's apparent this donor has physical, mental, or personality traits that appeal to a great number of women. If these are anonymous donations, then the donor was social proofed somehow, either by the clinic operators, or by the apparent quality of his children. Think thoroughbred horse breeding.
It's clear a lot of people seeking designer babies want their children to resemble an ideal but what ideal is this? What does it look like? To what end? Is this ideal timeless, or is it shifting depending on the times?
This is a big deal: you can't trust a person with a different idea of perfect.