Seminal

"As this collection of 30 scholarly (but easy-to-read) short essays ... carefully makes clear, male reproductive cells have immense social, legal, ethical, and public-health significance." - Booklist, STARRED "Seminal brilliantly offers sperm as a microcosm for the storm of issues, both biological and social, provoked by the ascendance of the idea of a crisis in masculinities. With gametic and contraceptive politics surging, there is no better introduction to the intersection of sex, gender, reproduction, biology, and health than this timely and accessible collection." - Sarah S. Richardson, author of The Maternal Imprint: The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects "This unique edited volume brings together a strikingly diverse set of experts who collectively cast doubt on many received wisdoms about sperm, masculinity, and the biological and cultural aspects of gender, sexuality, reproduction, and health. The remarkably wide array of topics will make this a go-to volume for many readers interested in different aspects of sperm, health, and politics." - Steven Epstein, author of The Quest for Sexual Health: How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life "By exploring such topics such as fertility, contraception, and sexuality, Seminal considers the biological and social aspects of how sperm is used, made, counted, regulated, and sometimes commodified. These themes are viewed through the lens of reproductive justice and health care inequities. Seminal is an important and timely contribution that reminds us that behind every sperm is an individual with a certain positionality in society." -Paula Amato, MD, Former President, American Society for Reproductive Medicine