Department of Sociology, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey.
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany.
Soc Sci Med. 2018 Apr;203:19-27. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.014. Epub 2018 Mar 7.
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.
本文旨在探讨土耳其女性出于非医疗原因冷冻卵子的决定。研究采用半结构化访谈的方法，对 21 名正在或在过去一年中完成冷冻卵子过程的女性进行了访谈。这些女性受过高等教育，从事有声望的职业，一方面受到传统性别规范的影响，另一方面又面临着传统性别规范的挑战。当做出冷冻卵子的决定时，女性在生物医学范式、所处社会和未来生活不确定性所定义的约束下做出决定。然而，女性在冷冻卵子的决定中能够协调不同类型的理性和关注点，这一点变得显而易见。她们进行理性计算，以找到解决生殖问题的方法；在面对未来的不确定性时，她们诉诸于自己的信仰体系；在试图符合传统生殖角色的同时，她们也在协商有关贞操的社会规范。
