Monday, June 2, 2008

Behind The Ejaculation: Sperm Donation

I recently saw an add for sperm donation here in New York. The ad said $75-150 per donation. This made me overly curious about, not only the operation, but mainly the basis of pay rate for these donations.

How do they decide what sperm is worth $75 and what is worth $150? Does your appearance play a factor? Your education? Your hygiene?

Is it strictly based on quality or is it quantity? Does speed play a factor (God, I hope so)? Texture? Color? Scent? Any of these?

Perhaps it is more based on consistency, elasticity or durability?

Maybe even still it is the degree to which your donation process took place. Maybe you receive less money the more "assistance" you require. I heard that movies or reading materials are provided to help you in your time of need. Do they place a value on these rentals? I have to assume that occasionally, assistance through manual labor is required from the staff. That just led to a horrible vision of my middle school nurse trying to help me "finish the job." Not sure I would be up to the task.

I am overly curious about how much the sperm banks pay for your donation. Unfortunately, there is only one sure-fire (hee hee) way to find out. If I ever get the balls (again, hee hee) to try it out, I will report back. I do love money, but I usually reserve my donations for more special occasions. Quite a quandary I have here.


Other potential titles for this piece:
-To Donate or Not To Donate...Sperm
-Sperm Donation: The Icky Sticky Truth
-Who Let The Sperm Out?
-Got Sperm?
-Sperm Bank: Deposit or Withdrawal?
-The Value of Your Seed
-Pour Some Sugar On Me

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