{"product_id":"not-trying-kristin-j-wilson-9780826519979","title":"Not Trying: Infertility, Childlessness, and Ambivalence","description":"One message that comes along with ever-improving fertility treatments and increasing acceptance of single motherhood, older first-time mothers, and same-sex partnerships, is that almost any woman can and should become a mother. The media and many studies focus on infertile and involuntarily childless women who are seeking treatment. They characterize this group as anxious and willing to try anything, even elaborate and financially ruinous high-tech interventions, to achieve a successful pregnancy. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the majority of women who struggle with fertility avoid treatment. The women whose interviews appear in \u003ci\u003eNot Trying\u003c\/i\u003e belong to this majority. Their attitudes vary and may change as their life circumstances evolve. Some support the prevailing cultural narrative that women are meant to be mothers and refuse to see themselves as childfree by choice. Most of these women, who come from a wider range of social backgrounds than most researchers have studied, experience deep ambivalence about motherhood and non-motherhood, never actually choosing either path. They prefer to let life unfold, an attitude that seems to reduce anxiety about not conforming to social expectations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristin J. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826519970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826519979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 901","brand":"Kristin J. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46617862963455,"sku":"9780826519979","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d7494dd-b845-443f-baa7-9feaf5b9d7f6.jpg?v=1740068535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-trying-kristin-j-wilson-9780826519979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}