The term “sperm donor” for absent father

I’m putting this here as it’s the biggest group by far and I’ve seen this term used quite a lot. Using the term “sperm donor” when you actually mean absent father is quite disrespectful to the selfless men that do donate their sperm to allow people seeking fertility treatment to be able to grow their families. Whilst not all sperm donors are selfless (we’ve all seen/heard of the man with 600 children), the majority are. And give so generously to those that would be childless without them. I just wish that people would use the correct term… absent father instead of sullying the name of selfless donors.

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This makes me think of Phaedra Parks. 🍕

@Dana 🦅♥️🤍💙 I don’t know who that is I’m afraid

It's because absent father's are exactly that. There sperm donors. They donated there sperm to get a girl pregnant and left. That's a sperm donor. It's a funny way to call an absent father. I have a sperm donor birth dad. He's not father he will never deserve the title of father. Even absent father.

@Carol💗💙 As someone who has an actual selfless sperm donor father, I have to completely disagree with you on every single level. What you actually have is a man that had sex with your mum and then bailed on his responsibility. They are NOT the same thing as someone who gives up part of themselves to help someone else. Complete opposite.

Cut it out. Men donate sperm for money or because they are nuts like the guy you mentioned that has 600 kids. I doubt most of them are thinking “oh let me nut in a cup so I can give someone the chance to be a mother”. It is nothing like surrogacy where that person might be selfless but money still is likely a huge deciding factor in their choice to participate in surrogacy. Also this post wasn’t a poll.

@Jasmine Not every country pays you for your body parts 🙄 Donation isn’t a business in many countries and certainly isn’t a business in mine 🤚🏽

It's really not this deep anyway it's a funny way to call an absent father, and that's it is. You brought it up to a deeper level that didn't need to happen honestly. Making it seem like bigger deal than what it really is. And it's not. Have your opinion but I stand by mine

@Carol💗💙 to you. It’s not a big deal or that deep to you. However, it is to some. And a lot of the infertility community find it disrespectful too.

Well if in your country people actually carry someone else’s baby for 9 months for no money and out of the kindness of their hearts, that’s commendable, good for them. I still wouldn’t compare that to a man ejaculating in a cup though but your thought process makes more sense knowing your country is different in that way. In the US, like someone said, it’s not that serious.

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