Infertility and Women's Suffer (A Review of the Psychological, Social & Economic Problems of Infertility)

Dabbaghi, Hamideh; Rafieepour, Zeinab

doi:10.22054/qjss.2023.72483.2610

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor of Women Studies, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

² MA of Women Studies, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjss.2023.72483.2610

Abstract

Motherhood is a central factor in the acquisition of women's identity, and it is crystallized as a clear, sacred, and consistent image in the gender socialization of women. Based on such a strong belief and core value around motherhood, infertility and not being a mother are considered a defect for women. Based on this, infertile women face many challenges and social problems beyond infertility, such as physical and medical issues, creating a different lived experience for them. After reviewing the theories of identity, interaction, cultural approaches, and biological-psychological-social approach, four concepts of infertility construction, infertility stigma, loss and grief, and role identity were used. Based on this, the central question of the current research is: what failures do infertile women perceive during their infertility experience, and what does it mean to them? This research is based on a qualitative approach and the application of thematic analysis using Max Q.D.A qualitative software. It is based on semi-in-depth and semi-structured interviews with 20 infertile women who live in Mashhad. The findings of this research show that women's experience of infertility refers to 3 main themes: suspended maternal identity, imperfect body perception and incomplete treatment.

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Women Studies

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DOI: 10.22054/qjss.2023.72483.2610

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Infertility and Women's Suffer (A Review of the Psychological, Social & Economic Problems of Infertility)

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Volume 29, Issue 98December 2023Pages 81-119

Volume 29, Issue 98
December 2023
Pages 81-119