{"title":"Women, Motherhood, and Infertility:","authors":"Rita Rhodes","doi":"10.1300/J291V06N01_02","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article will consider varying societal responses to infertility over different periods of time. The role of religion, in particular, will be identified as a powerful influence on human behaviors surrounding fertility an 8\" ~infertility. The special consequences of infertility for women will also be examined. This historical perspective is useful in that deeply-rooted societal expectations continue to shape the fertility and infertility experiences of contemporary couples.","PeriodicalId":262605,"journal":{"name":"Journal of social work and human sexuality","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of social work and human sexuality","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J291V06N01_02","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article will consider varying societal responses to infertility over different periods of time. The role of religion, in particular, will be identified as a powerful influence on human behaviors surrounding fertility an 8" ~infertility. The special consequences of infertility for women will also be examined. This historical perspective is useful in that deeply-rooted societal expectations continue to shape the fertility and infertility experiences of contemporary couples.