Sausage of Science 184: Dr. Diane Tober sheds light on the complicated biopolitics of egg donation

What happens when hypercapitalism intersects with human fertility? Professor Diane Tober joins Chris and Mallika to reveal some of the nuances of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, with a focus on egg donation. ------------------------------------- Diane Tober is Associate Professor at the University of Alabama Department of Anthropology and Institute for Social Science Research. She is a medical anthropologist with a focus on biocultural aspects of health, gender and sexuality, the commodification of the body, science and technology studies, bioethics, and social and reproductive justice. She has been conducting research exploring egg donors’ decisions and experiences within the global market for human eggs since 2013. With funding from the National Science Foundation, she is comparing egg donation in the United States and Spain. She has conducted field research in Iran, Spain, and the United States. Prof. Tober can be contacted via her website: https://dianetober.com/ Her book, "Romancing the Sperm," discussed on today's show can be found here: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/romancing-the-sperm/9780813590783 ------------------------------------- Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: [email protected], Twitter:@Chris_Ly Mallika Sarma, Website: mallikasarma.com/ Eric Griffith, HBA Junior Fellow, SoS producer: E-mail: [email protected]