Ha, yes, reading the OP it's actually very similar to the Jefferson College story This doctor was practicing long before the modern fertility industry, in the 40s and 50s Women in Detroit were going to him for "fertility treatments" and had no idea they were getting donor spermhttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1340071431967666176 …
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This at once makes perfect sense and yet is so deeply fucked up It's major, major paranoia fuel He obviously didn't keep records because they'd be incriminating Who knows how common this shit was back then
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It really speaks to the sheer arrogance of a whole generation of dudes with MDs Willing to excuse the most profound violation of their patients just to avoid having a Difficult Conversation Completely immune to introspection about how their own motives might be compromised
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Guessing back then being infertile would be seen as a man being "weak" and "less than a man", instead of just having an unfortunately problem with biology. Heck, I think even if a solider got infertile from battle wounds it was still seen as shameful.
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