Gendered Language Of Gamete Donation By Caroline Rubin Analysis
Mesgina Michael
9/17/14
Mrs. Landon
In “The Gendered Language of Gamete “Donation”, Caroline Rubin states that advertisement for gamete donation is centered on the ability to get male and female attention (Rubin 313) . For males, the ads usually contain how much money they can make. Females on the other hand are more centered on “philanthropic aspects” (Rubin 314). These ads contain phrases that trigger motherhood and emotions. Caroline Rubin is right because for males this process is easy, on the other hand females require surgical and medical resources and in the process maybe painful, so the female’s donations fall on a more serious side. The general argument made by author Caroline Rubin in “The Gendered language of gamete” “donation”, is that advertisement for gamete donation is centered on the ability to get male and female attention. Caroline Rubin writes, “Instead of offering commercial incentives such as free medical exams and movie tickets, egg donation agencies offer emotional incentives such as being able to choose the couple receiving the eggs and whether to be known or anonymous donor” (Rubin 314), In this passage, Caroline Rubin reports that egg donation agencies act more …show more content…
This process helps out in many ways because it makes helping the cause easier , but the excess amount of donations makes everything stress full because on top of that applications need to be filled out, the whole process becomes hectic. In conclusion, Caroline Rubin believes that gamete donation is not perceived as helping out a greater cause anymore, it is seen as a way of making a little extra cash, or even maybe getting a movie ticket or
9/17/14
Mrs. Landon
In “The Gendered Language of Gamete “Donation”, Caroline Rubin states that advertisement for gamete donation is centered on the ability to get male and female attention (Rubin 313) . For males, the ads usually contain how much money they can make. Females on the other hand are more centered on “philanthropic aspects” (Rubin 314). These ads contain phrases that trigger motherhood and emotions. Caroline Rubin is right because for males this process is easy, on the other hand females require surgical and medical resources and in the process maybe painful, so the female’s donations fall on a more serious side. The general argument made by author Caroline Rubin in “The Gendered language of gamete” “donation”, is that advertisement for gamete donation is centered on the ability to get male and female attention. Caroline Rubin writes, “Instead of offering commercial incentives such as free medical exams and movie tickets, egg donation agencies offer emotional incentives such as being able to choose the couple receiving the eggs and whether to be known or anonymous donor” (Rubin 314), In this passage, Caroline Rubin reports that egg donation agencies act more …show more content…
This process helps out in many ways because it makes helping the cause easier , but the excess amount of donations makes everything stress full because on top of that applications need to be filled out, the whole process becomes hectic. In conclusion, Caroline Rubin believes that gamete donation is not perceived as helping out a greater cause anymore, it is seen as a way of making a little extra cash, or even maybe getting a movie ticket or