Bioethics Institute Ghent (BIG), Ghent University, Department of Philosophy and Moral Science, Gent, Belgium.
Reprod Biomed Online. 2021 Jun;42(6):1053-1055. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.04.004. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
All studies show that the primary reason for women to consider elective egg freezing (EEF) is the lack of a partner. The first question then is where this shortage comes from and how it can be remedied. The main cause of the 'lack of partner' issue for highly educated women (the group most involved in elective egg freezing) is the reversed gender gap in education. It is concluded that EEF may increase individual reproductive autonomy but does not increase reproductive freedom for the group of highly educated women. Regardless of how many women freeze their eggs, a large number of educated women will eventually have to choose between going it alone as a single mother or looking for another life goal. Finally, some possible policy measures are proposed to reduce the gender gap and thus remove the real cause of the problem.
所有研究都表明，女性考虑选择进行卵子冷冻（EEF）的主要原因是缺乏伴侣。那么，首先要考虑的问题是这种短缺是从何而来，以及如何补救。对于受过高等教育的女性（最热衷于选择卵子冷冻的群体）来说，“缺乏伴侣”问题的主要原因是教育领域的性别差距出现了反转。研究结论认为，EEF 可能会增加个体的生殖自主权，但不会增加受过高等教育女性群体的生殖自由。无论有多少女性选择冷冻卵子，最终都会有大量受过高等教育的女性不得不做出选择，要么作为单身母亲独自生活，要么寻找另一个人生目标。最后，提出了一些可能的政策措施来缩小性别差距，从而消除问题的真正根源。
