{"title":"THE ACCEPTABLE FACE OF PARENTHOOD: THE RELATIVE STATUS OF BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL INTERPRETATIONS OF OFFSPRING IN INFERTILITY TREATMENT","authors":"O. Akker","doi":"10.1080/14616660110067366","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate a small group of infertile women's perceptions of their need to create a family within current postmodern societal family practices. The relative weightings of biological relatedness and cultural conformity are interpreted within theoretical models of parenthood, and the need for cognitive consistency. Forty-two women attending infertility clinics for treatment to overcome childlessness were given a retrospective questionnaire to determine what the effects of the infertility diagnosis were. The importance of a genetic link was assessed in relation to choices made on treatment options to overcome infertility. Half the sample was devastated by their inability to have a child, and nearly two-thirds could not foresee a future without a family. Preparedness to disclose the mode of starting a family through adoption, IVF and surrogacy was prevalent, although fewer individuals would be willing to disclose egg and particularly sperm donation to the child, famil...","PeriodicalId":280659,"journal":{"name":"Psychology, Evolution & Gender","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"46","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychology, Evolution & Gender","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616660110067366","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate a small group of infertile women's perceptions of their need to create a family within current postmodern societal family practices. The relative weightings of biological relatedness and cultural conformity are interpreted within theoretical models of parenthood, and the need for cognitive consistency. Forty-two women attending infertility clinics for treatment to overcome childlessness were given a retrospective questionnaire to determine what the effects of the infertility diagnosis were. The importance of a genetic link was assessed in relation to choices made on treatment options to overcome infertility. Half the sample was devastated by their inability to have a child, and nearly two-thirds could not foresee a future without a family. Preparedness to disclose the mode of starting a family through adoption, IVF and surrogacy was prevalent, although fewer individuals would be willing to disclose egg and particularly sperm donation to the child, famil...
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