tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post9121296597275813657..comments2023-08-11T07:30:30.923-04:00Comments on Public Health Doula: The risks of egg donationRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589949170980959443noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186597747141068105.post-80955067596492125842009-04-06T13:33:00.000-04:002009-04-06T13:33:00.000-04:00I'm one of the many, many people who faced the thr...I'm one of the many, many people who faced the threat of not being able to support myself and my child for the first time this year. (A bit of background: I'm an academic in the humanities, working on a fixed-term contract, and was unable to get a tenure-track job but also found that no one in our areas is hiring lecturers or even adjuncts because of hiring freezes; I'm extraordinarily fortunate to have recently gotten a great one-year position for next year and have thus temporarily dodged the bullet. But unemployment and uninsuredness were staring me in the face for a few months, and we have zero savings.) My thoughts did go to egg donation as one of the very few remaining unexplored ways for me to make money, and although I set aside the idea pretty quickly, what was fascinating and deeply instructive to me was how quickly and easily one's thoughts turn to selling one's body in one way or another when the basic possibility of providing for one's child is in question. I was raised in a very privileged environment, have a Ph.D. and lots of concern for my physical and reproductive well-being, etc., but when the shit hits the fan, this sort of path suddenly seems more fathomable. It made various wheels turn in my head, anyway, in terms of the effect of my privileged background on how I think about my body, money, etc.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07858810656969791963noreply@blogger.com