Inhorn Chap 8 and 9

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1. Moustafa and Shahira

1.1. Shahira as a "replacement wife"

1.2. Moustafa suffers from male infertility

1.3. Tale of patriarchy

1.4. Tale of mutual gendered suffering

1.5. Tale of salvation through modern technology

1.6. Tale of a failed marriage due to ART

2. Infertility

2.1. Gender specific

2.1.1. ART as possible saviors of gender identities

2.1.2. The reproductively elderly woman very limited in her options

2.1.2.1. 1. Have no children

2.1.2.2. 2. Adopt

2.1.2.3. 3. Polygyny

2.1.2.4. 4. Divorce

2.1.2.4.1. Can also have social consequences because women are expected to be married

2.1.3. Insensitivity from fertile people most often directed toward women

2.2. Culture specific

2.2.1. Western feminists criticize IVF because it portrays the need for women to become pregnant

2.2.2. Egyptians believe in an innate maternal instinct

2.2.3. Maisa's belief that the envy of another infertile woman led her to miscarry

2.3. Virility incorrectly associated with infertility

2.3.1. "Double emasculation"

2.4. Has positive aspects

2.4.1. 1. Less economic constraint

2.4.2. 2. More intimacy

2.5. Limited vs. Non-disclosure

3. Egyptian Law and Society

3.1. Barreness as grounds for divorce

3.1.1. This applies to both men and women

3.1.1.1. Men more likely to seek divorce than women on these grounds

3.1.1.1.1. Casts the blame on the woman even if male infertility is the issue

3.2. Marriage very important

3.2.1. Allows for sex and procreation without repercussion

3.2.2. Allows for cohabitation

3.2.3. Typically arranged

3.2.4. LE 13 billion spent annually on marriage

3.3. Childbirth seen as the bond needed to create love within an arranged marriage

3.3.1. Companionate marriage seen as Western import but becoming more widespread

3.4. Pronatal

3.4.1. Most abortions not legal

3.4.2. Disabled child better than no child

4. Stigma

4.1. IVF as a stigmatized course of action on top of a stigmatized condition

4.2. Felt vs. Enacted stigma

4.2.1. Felt stigma being the internalized societal evaluation of their condition

4.2.1.1. Experienced by both sexes

4.2.2. Enacted stigma being the intentional discrimination against the infertile

4.3. Psychological help/support frowned upon

5. Gossip