My choice, my responsibility’

Views of Danish and Israeli female students on financing egg-freezing

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15098549
AutoresAmit Kaplan (0000-0002-4934-8089, School of Government and Society, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Yaffo, Israel, autor correspondente), Y Hashiloni-Dolev (0000-0002-8791-6964, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Charlotte Kroløkke (0000-0002-9264-5265, University of Southern Denmark)
Ano2022
Volume24
Fascículo11
Páginas1575-1589
Data de publicação2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2021.1981454
PMID34727003
OpenAlexW3200591290
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas28

Over the past decade, egg freezing has evolved from being an experimental medical technology to become a commercial enterprise, accompanied by heated feminist debate. This study examined the views of Danish and Israeli female students regarding the financing of social egg freezing (SEF) (self, state, employer or family), and their correlation with country and feminist identity. A total of 569 female students (283 from Denmark and 286 from Israel) completed a questionnaire composed of closed and opened-ended questions on SEF financing under different circumstances (e.g. career advancement, lack of a partner, lack of money). The majority of female students in both countries supported SEF self-financing. They wanted to keep fertility choices in the private domain, in part by separating the bodies of women from the state and the employer. We conclude that SEF exemplifies a neoliberal and gendered responsibilisation of women's reproductive futurity, yet self-identification as a feminist was found to be correlated with stronger support for state financing. In contrast, we found no correlation between feminist identity and support for company-sponsored egg freezing. Our findings suggest a relationship between holding a feminist worldview and public policy preferences

Danish · Demographic economics · Economics · Ovarian function and disorders · Psychology · Reproductive Biology and Fertility · Reproductive Health and Technologies