Celebrity Chef Brings Male Infertility Issue to the Fore
There's a
recent report that celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has a significantly low sperm count due to medical complications caused by his job. That rumor may or may not be true but it leads to an interesting discussion about celebrity male infertility. When we talk about fertility issues, we almost always discuss them based on the perspective and experience of the mother. Whether or not it is the female who is infertile, the issue of fertility is one which frequently is about the woman because of the close-to-the-heart feeling we have about motherhood and fertility. We rarely stop to think about the effect that infertility can have on men. Sure, we know that sometimes it is due to the male sperm issue that the pregnancy isn't happening. But it's rare that we go a step further and look at the emotional issues, injury to pride and severe sadness that can be caused for men who can't procreate without fertility assistance. Perhaps this is because men can hide behind the fact that they aren't producing children. We are more likely to assume that a celebrity male who hasn't had children by a certain age is just career-oriented than to think that he might have a problem with fertility. Will many other celebrity men come forward about this issue?
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Posted by Kathryn on 10/10/2007 8:10:33 AM
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