TY - JOUR
T1 - Pushing for the perfect time
T2 - Social and biological fertility
AU - Martin, Lauren Jade
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - This study explores how women consider embodied knowledge about their “biological clocks” alongside personal and professional goals as they make decisions about whether, when, and how to have children in the future. Based on 71 in-depth interviews with childless women between the ages of 25 and 40, the author proposes a holistic understanding of fertility inclusive of the biological limitations of the body as well as sociocultural factors including access to family leave, childcare, finances, housing, employment, and relationship status. By expanding our understanding of fertility to include the social, we can better understand why women considering having children advocate for social structural changes just as much as—if not more than—increased access to reproductive technologies.
AB - This study explores how women consider embodied knowledge about their “biological clocks” alongside personal and professional goals as they make decisions about whether, when, and how to have children in the future. Based on 71 in-depth interviews with childless women between the ages of 25 and 40, the author proposes a holistic understanding of fertility inclusive of the biological limitations of the body as well as sociocultural factors including access to family leave, childcare, finances, housing, employment, and relationship status. By expanding our understanding of fertility to include the social, we can better understand why women considering having children advocate for social structural changes just as much as—if not more than—increased access to reproductive technologies.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wsif.2017.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.wsif.2017.04.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018382484
SN - 0277-5395
VL - 62
SP - 91
EP - 98
JO - Women's Studies International Forum
JF - Women's Studies International Forum
ER -