Lit & DisEase Series--Attitudes towards Infertility between Chinese and American cultures
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Summary by author Meghan:

By studying attitudes toward infertility between Chinese and American cultures, I realized that infertility is not a difficult topic to broach and infertility deserves the care of society. People with infertility should not be pressured by alternative visions because of their gender. Americans are more open to the problem of infertility than Chinese. Chinese women are far more likely than American women to suffer from infertility. Men and women in the infertile population should receive the same testing and treatment. There is something to be learned from America’s attitude toward infertility.

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