A Feministic View on Infertility Treatment “To be Infertile refers to an inability to conceive after having regular unprotected sex. Infertility can also refer to the biological inability of an individual to contribute to conception, or to a female who cannot carry a pregnancy to full term” (Nordquist). There are a number of reasons why women can have a hard time getting pregnant. Some of which include age, timing, problems in your cervix or uterus, ovaries that don 't release eggs regularly, sperm count of their partner, and so much more. However, as science and technology have advanced over the years so has a women’s chance at getting pregnant; Infertility Treatment. Infertility Treatment can be performed in many different ways, but the
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However, Infertility Treatment is still a relatively new area of interest to physicians, which can be very alarming for women who think about undergoing such a process, when considered “medical”. It has been proven that only half of the population that is unfertile actually seek help. This may have to do with the fact that women are anxious to try a medical treatment that is still so new, like any other medical treatment, other than Infertility Treatment would be. Like mentioned before, Infertility Treatments include a wide variety of medical ordeals from medication, to surgery- it can be an extremely scary idea for anyone who chooses to test it. Because these treatments are still so new, not only can it be scary, but it can also be awfully degrading for women to feel like an experiment. A quote from Women’s Voices Feminist Visions; “From the beginnings of medical industry, women often suffered from the humiliation and degradation of medical practitioners who treated women as hysterical and as hypochondriacs” (Shaw and Lee 374). On top of the nerves women may feel from testing Infertility Treatment, it is disadvantageous that practitioners may leave them to feel this …show more content…
“Research on infertile women describes the feelings of distress, loss of control, social isolation, and sense of stigma that women and couples experience as they try unsuccessfully to achieve pregnancy” (Greil, Slauson-Blevins, McQuillan). With the help of Infertility Treatment or not, getting pregnant can be a very stressful task. Being unable to get pregnant on your own is even harder. A major mind-block is the fear that if Infertility Treatment fails, then women will have no further treatment option left to explore. This makes it hard for many couples to try Infertility Treatments in the first place, because they are stuck worrying about potential outcomes that could hurt them even more. “No matter how medical practitioners may define infertility, couples do not define themselves as infertile or present themselves for treatment unless they embrace parenthood as a desired social role” (Greil, Slauson-Blevins, McQuillan). Because it involves an inability to achieve a desired social role, infertility could easily be associated with psychological distress or envy. Aside from the fact that thinking about the process could be extremely maddening, undergoing the
However, Infertility Treatment is still a relatively new area of interest to physicians, which can be very alarming for women who think about undergoing such a process, when considered “medical”. It has been proven that only half of the population that is unfertile actually seek help. This may have to do with the fact that women are anxious to try a medical treatment that is still so new, like any other medical treatment, other than Infertility Treatment would be. Like mentioned before, Infertility Treatments include a wide variety of medical ordeals from medication, to surgery- it can be an extremely scary idea for anyone who chooses to test it. Because these treatments are still so new, not only can it be scary, but it can also be awfully degrading for women to feel like an experiment. A quote from Women’s Voices Feminist Visions; “From the beginnings of medical industry, women often suffered from the humiliation and degradation of medical practitioners who treated women as hysterical and as hypochondriacs” (Shaw and Lee 374). On top of the nerves women may feel from testing Infertility Treatment, it is disadvantageous that practitioners may leave them to feel this …show more content…
“Research on infertile women describes the feelings of distress, loss of control, social isolation, and sense of stigma that women and couples experience as they try unsuccessfully to achieve pregnancy” (Greil, Slauson-Blevins, McQuillan). With the help of Infertility Treatment or not, getting pregnant can be a very stressful task. Being unable to get pregnant on your own is even harder. A major mind-block is the fear that if Infertility Treatment fails, then women will have no further treatment option left to explore. This makes it hard for many couples to try Infertility Treatments in the first place, because they are stuck worrying about potential outcomes that could hurt them even more. “No matter how medical practitioners may define infertility, couples do not define themselves as infertile or present themselves for treatment unless they embrace parenthood as a desired social role” (Greil, Slauson-Blevins, McQuillan). Because it involves an inability to achieve a desired social role, infertility could easily be associated with psychological distress or envy. Aside from the fact that thinking about the process could be extremely maddening, undergoing the