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Title: | Fate, morals and rational calculations: Freezing eggs for non-medical reasons in Turkey | Authors: | Kilic, Azer Gocmen, Ipek |
Keywords: | Turkey Egg freezing Social norms Expectations Rationality Medicalization Gender Elective Oocyte Cryopreservation Social-Control Fertility Politics Future Women Preservation Technologies Autonomy Feminism |
Publisher: | Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd | Abstract: | This article aims to explore women's decisions to freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons in Turkey. It draws on semi-structured interviews conducted with twenty-one women who were either in the process of freezing their eggs, or had completed the process within the previous year. Being highly educated and holding prestigious occupations, on the one hand, and faced with traditional gender norms, on the other, these women are confronted with a challenging decision. When making such a decision to freeze their eggs, women act under the constraints defined by biomedical paradigms, the society they live in, and the future uncertainty of their lives. However, it becomes apparent that women are able to reconcile different kinds of rationalities and concerns in their decisions to freeze eggs. They engage in rational calculations to find a solution to their reproductive concerns; they turn to their own belief systems when dealing with future uncertainty; and they negotiate social norms concerning virginity, while trying to conform to traditional reproductive roles. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.014 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1440 |
ISSN: | 0277-9536 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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