Journal of Catholic Thought and Media

E-Publication March 17, 2000

Inside this Issue:

MEDIA MAKES A POOR PARENT, Anton Casta
A DIALOG WITH CALL TO ACTION? Doug McManaman
INSIDIOUS THREAT TO SENSE OF FATHERHOOD by Cardinal Ratzinger
ORDER YOUR CHILDREN THROUGH THE INTERNET by Dr. Donald Demarco

Cover Story

Order Your Children Through the Internet: The New Elitism
by Dr. Donald Demarco

Our Celebrity Culture has placed such a high premium on good looks that many prospective parents are having second thoughts about reproducing themselves for fear that their progeny might be as unglamourous as they imagine themselves to be.

A Malibu, California photographer who has worked with Playboy is attempting to cash in on this anxiety of producing less than celebrity-looking children. Ostensibly, as a service to humankind, Ron Harris has posted a Web site advertising the auctioning of eggs from supermodels and sperm from super-males. His Web site is ronsangels.com. After being posted for only a few days, according to USA Today, it received approximately 7 million hits. ( more... )