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In a between-group study, men were much more likely to profess willingness to donate sperm if it would be used solely for research purposes (67% yes) than if it would be used for reproduction through the process of donor insemination (24%). Offered several reasons why one might be willing to be a sperm donor, men nominated “money” and “helping out a couple in need” most often and “the chance to produce children” least often, whereas “the knowledge that it might produce children that I may never meet” was the most popular of several proposed rationales for not donating. These results are discussed in light of the specificity of male sexual psychologies and the possible costs associated with sperm donation, within the more general framework of identifying the circumstances in which men report the willingness to donate sperm.
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