Community constructs of involuntary childlessness: sympathy, stigma, and social support.

From: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology | Date: November 1, 1994| Author: Miall, Charlene E. | Copyright information

This paper explores community constructs of infertility and how these constructs influence social support offered involuntarily childless couples. Social constructs observed include that motherhood is biologically based and fatherhood is learned; infertility is caused by psychological factors or male sexual dysfunction; and infertility is a medically constructed problem requiring diagnosis and treatment. Males are considered more stigmatized by infertility than females who are offered sympath...

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