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The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs with Author/Professor Marcia Inhorn
Girls Gotta Eat
The Mating Gap
In 2012, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine lifted the experimental label on this new assisted reproductive technology called egg freezing. It was really needed in the beginning for young women with reproductive problems including cancer. But soon healthy women without medical problems actually began requesting egg freezing when it came into being. And during the COVID period, when women were having difficulties connecting with men, there was a huge surge in demand for egg freezing. The largest anthropological study where I did interview 150 women who had done at least one cycle of egg freezing has just been published.
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