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Motherhood on Ice : The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs / Marcia C. Inhorn.

Inhorn, Marcia C., author.
2023
HQ759 .I493 2023
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Title
Motherhood on Ice : The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs / Marcia C. Inhorn.
Author
Inhorn, Marcia C., author.
ISBN
9781479813063
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479813063.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource : 9 b/w illustrations
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9781479813063.001.0001 doi
Call Number
HQ759 .I493 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.874/30973
Summary
Answers the question: Why are women freezing their eggs?Why are women freezing their eggs in record numbers? Motherhood on Ice explores this question by drawing on the stories of more than 150 women who pursued fertility preservation technology. Moving between narratives of pain and empowerment, these nuanced personal stories reveal the complexity of women's lives as they struggle to preserve and extend their fertility. Contrary to popular belief, egg freezing is rarely about women postponing fertility for the sake of their careers. Rather, the most-educated women are increasingly forced to delay childbearing because they face a mating gap-a lack of eligible, educated, equal partners ready for marriage and parenthood. For these women, egg freezing is a reproductive backstop, a technological attempt to bridge the gap while waiting for the right partner. But it is not an easy choice for most. Their stories reveal the extent to which it is logistically complicated, physically taxing, financially demanding, emotionally draining, and uncertain in its effects. In this powerful book, women share their reflections on their clinical encounters, as well as the immense hopes and investments they place in this high-tech fertility preservation strategy. Race, religion, and the role of men in the lives of single women pursuing this technology are also explored. A distinctly human portrait of an understudied and rapidly growing population, Motherhood on Ice examines what is at stake for women who take comfort in their frozen eggs while embarking on their quests for partnership, pregnancy, and parenting.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023)
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Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice ; 10
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Prologue: Kayla's Egg Freezing and Partnership Predicaments
Introduction: The Rise of Egg Freezing
Part I Motivations
1 The Mating Gap Educated Women and Missing Men
2 The End of Romance Relationship Trauma and Repair
3 The Minority Concerns Race, Religion, and the Fertility Paradox
4 The Fertility Threats From Aging Ovaries to Cancer
Part II Experiences
5 The IVF Clinic Single Women Braving a Couples' World
6 The Supporters Family, Friends, and Men Who Care
7 The Empowered From Reluctant Feminists to Egg Freezing Activists
8 The Banked and Thawed From Frozen Eggs to Egg Babies
Conclusion The Future of Egg Freezing
Acknowledgments
Appendix The Gender Parity Index (GPI)
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