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Research article summary:
Whose choice is it anyway? Decision making, control and conception.
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Contemporary societies in the developed world are characterized by the expectation that women wish to and are able to control their experiences of fertility. Changes in medical technology and advances in reproductive medicine have played an important ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002May
in Journal: Hum Fertil (Camb)
(Language : eng)
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2002 May;5(2):39-41
Whose choice is it anyway? Decision making, control and conception.
Earle S, Letherby G
University College Northampton, Northampton, UK.
Contemporary societies in the developed world are characterized by the expectation that women wish to and are able to control their experiences of fertility. Changes in medical technology and advances in reproductive medicine have played an important role in strengthening this expectation, together with other changes, such as the availability of free contraception. However, this article draws on data from two qualitative sociological research projects which demonstrate that women's expectations of reproductive choice and control are not always realized. Women's experiences of fertility are mediated by a dominant discourse which assumes that women both want and will achieve biological motherhood. The data indicate that women actively 'try' to achieve conception with the expectation that this is both controllable and easy. In some instances this seems to be the case, but many women soon realize that achieving conception is sometimes problematic or, indeed, impossible. This article concludes by arguing that although women may wish to control their experiences of fertility, their expectations of choice and control are frequently an illusion.
PMID : 12082204 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Sarah | Earle | S |
| Gayle | Letherby | G |
Affiliation: University College Northampton, Northampton, UK.
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- Decision Making
- Female
- Fertility
- Humans
- Pregnancy
- Reproduction
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