Anthropology 3332F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter online reading: Sperm Donation, Semen Analysis, Premarital Sex
8 Nov 2017
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Reading on middle eastern masculinities in the age of. Tuesday, november 7, 2017 by marcia c. inhorn. Worldwide male infertility contributes to more than half of all cases of childlessness yet poorly studied and understood. Infertility is classified as inability to conceive after year or more trying. Shown to be among most stigmatizing of all male health conditions. But also technologies designed to overcome it add layers of stigma and cultural complexity. Studied infertile men in cairo, egypt and beirut, lebanon. Focused on the four m"s : masculinity, marriage, morality, and medical treatment-seeking. No documentation in lebanon on infertility due to political sectarianism but thriving infertility treatment industry suggests its prevalence. 3. 5 mil lebanese with apron 15 ivf centres vs 70 million egyptians and. Westernized medicalization of infertility now in middle east. Male infertility more common in middle east than the west. Consanguineous marriages put a significant percent of middle eastern males at unwitting risk of male infertility.
