Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil
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#2As a Brazilian, this is not surprising, as being white in Brazil is socially advantageous.
However, as a white person, I must correct with facts the erroneous idea that there are few whites in Brazil. That sentence in the article is mostly based on the old prejudice that south of the border everyone is the same.
Especially in the southern area (Sao Paolo included), brazilians are mostly white, with the majority descending from Italians, Portuguese and Germans. Really, this prejudice is old and should stop in the information era we live in. Whites make 48% of the Brazilian population.
But of course, many white Americans have Irish, English and German background which have the lighter of the tones of the white race. I’m not contesting that these women are after such appearance and that it’s easier to find it from donors in the US than in Brazil.
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#3It's paywalled but I wonder if one of the reasons is the Zika virus[1]?
Like if a Brazilian male partner is infected, would they try to find a non-brazilian(to be safe since it's asymptomatic) sperm donor?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epi...
> It was estimated that 1.5 million people were infected by Zika in Brazil, with over 3,500 cases of microcephaly reported between October 2015 and January 2016.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zika_virus
EDIT: I don't care about the karma but I am curious what part of this comment is attracting the downvotes?
Re: Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil
#4As a Brazilian, this is not surprising, as being white in Brazil is socially advantageous. However, as a white person, I must correct with facts the erroneous idea that there are few whites in Brazil. That sentence in the article is mostly based on the old prejudice that south of the border everyone is the same. Especially in the southern area (Sao Paolo included), brazilians are mostly white, with the majority desce…
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#5I didn’t realize this was one of our exports.
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#6I didn’t realize this was one of our exports.
Handcrafted with love in the USA. One-eyed eel milk stew.
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#7I didn’t realize this was one of our exports.
Instead of raising levies on cheap imports, increasing inflation for consumers, maybe America should concentrate on this new export opportunity. Maybe they can do a deal with China?
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#8Isn't Brazil in America?
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#9Paywalled but...wonder if they could apply for US citizenship since technically their father is a USian?
Kind of reminds me of another article I saw a while back about Chinese women coming to the US to give birth so their children would have the option of becoming a US citizen if they wanted to later in life. Apparently there's a big business built around it.
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Wow, downvoted for pondering on a simple question...
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#10Isn't Brazil in America?
America is a commonly-used short form for the United States of America, as it is in this case. (Edit to add: Actually, it's even more specific than that: American is the commonly accepted demonym for citizens of the United States, which is how it's used here.) To refer to the landmasses including North and South America, the term the Americas is typically used.