Childless in the Land of Imperative Motherhood: Stigma and Coping Among Infertile Israeli Women

Drawing on Goffman's stigma framework, this in-depth study explored the experiences of 26 infertile Jewish women in Israel, the country with a strong pronatalist ideology, both institutional and popular. The findings are in line with the key postulates of the stigma concept: women's coping...

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Published in:Sex roles 2000-12, Vol.43 (11/12), p.821-841
Main Author: Remennick, Larissa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Childlessness
Coping
Coping strategies
Culture
Definitions
Developed Nations
Employed Women
Expectations
Females
Femininity
Goffman, Erving
Impression Management
Inferences
Infertility
Information Management
Israel
Jews
Medical Services
Mothers
Pregnancy
Social Environment
Social psychology
Sociocultural Patterns
Stigma
Stigmatization
Women
Womens Roles
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Summary:Drawing on Goffman's stigma framework, this in-depth study explored the experiences of 26 infertile Jewish women in Israel, the country with a strong pronatalist ideology, both institutional and popular. The findings are in line with the key postulates of the stigma concept: women's coping strategies included selective disclosure, avoidance of exposure of their "hidden disability," and other information management techniques.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1023/a:1011084821700