On Cultural Narratives, Fertility Medicine and Women’s Agency
dc.contributor.author | Simonstein, Frida | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-25T08:50:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-25T08:50:39Z | |
dc.date.created | 2008-12-16 06:55 | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-07 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/171210 | |
dc.description.abstract | A recent article, explores the issues of choice, agency and gender as they relate to assisted reproductive technologies (RTs). The author of that article claims that counter-stories as ‘narratives of resistance’ may help see how women can reconcile a strong desire to have children with the desire ‘to remain authentic and whole’. While the narratives proposal may help to understand women’s choices, this approach becomes unhelpful where there is one cultural perception of women – the view of pro-natalism or mandatory motherhood – that reigns absolute; where all narratives influencing a woman’s decisions are exclusively ‘narratives of hope’; and where a pro-natalist culture has fully embraced IVF and has further entrenched it by legislation. In this setting, the societal and medical pressure on women is so high that resistance becomes almost impossible. In this context, it would be more effective to challenge present pro-natalist reproductive policies and medical reproductive advice. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Eubios Ethics Institute | |
dc.rights | With permission of the license/copyright holder | |
dc.subject | reproductive technology | |
dc.subject | woman | |
dc.subject | in-vitro fertilisation | |
dc.subject.other | Bioethics | |
dc.title | On Cultural Narratives, Fertility Medicine and Women’s Agency | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB) | |
dc.source.volume | 18 | |
dc.source.issue | 04 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 118 | |
dc.source.endpage | 123 | |
dcterms.accessRights | open access | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-09-25T08:50:39Z | |
ge.collectioncode | AA | |
ge.dataimportlabel | Globethics object | |
ge.identifier.legacy | globethics:3049561 | |
ge.identifier.permalink | https://www.globethics.net/gel/3049561 | |
ge.journalyear | 2008 | |
ge.lastmodificationdate | 2019-02-11 19:44 | |
ge.submissions | 1 | |
ge.peerreviewed | no | |
ge.setname | GlobeEthicsLib | |
ge.setspec | globeethicslib | |
ge.submitter.email | atanu.garai@gmail.com | |
ge.submitter.name | Garai, Atanu | |
ge.submitter.userid | 22203 | |
ge.link | http://www.eubios.info/EJAIB72008.pdf |