What motivates men to donate sperm online? World-first study
"Online sperm donors: The impact of family, friends, personality and risk perception on behavior" study by QUT behavioural economists Stephen Whyte, David Savage and Benno Torgler has just been published by leading international journal Reproductive Biomedicine Online . "Globally more and more men and women are stepping away from clinical (medical) sperm donatio n environments and choosing to find each other through online connection websites such as the UK-based PrideAngel through which we conducted our study," said Mr Whyte, from the QUT Business School. "The internet and the development of online connection websites means donors and women are no longer bound by logistical or national boundaries, or cultural, social, financial or even sexuality-based barriers that may have excluded them in the past. "In developed economies, online dating, dating apps, social media and the wider internet are now socially acceptable global platforms for meeting a ...