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Citizenship in an Intercultural Society 2008 t/m 2012 Humanity, Integrity and Sustainability in Organizations P: Burgerschap in een interculturele samenleving (BIS) 2008 t/m 2012 TH: Humaniteit, Integriteit en duurzaamheid in organisaties (HIDO) (2005 t/m 2009) gender studies bioethics women assisted reproduction technologies self-determination Algemeen |
Organization:
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UvH Capaciteitsgroep Humanisering |
Journal title:
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Journal of Bioethical Inquiry |
Abstract:
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This article focuses on the transformation of
the female reproductive body with the use of assisted
reproduction technologies under neo-liberal economic
globalisation, wherein the ideology of trade without
borders is central, as well as under liberal feminist
ideals, wherein the right to self-determination is central.
Two aspects of the body in western medicine—the
fragmented body and the commodified body, and the
integral relation between these two—are highlighted.
This is done in order to analyse the implications of local
and global transactions in women’s reproductive body
parts for their right to self-determination and individual
agency and what this means for their embodiment. We
conclude by exploring whether women can become
embodied subjects by exercising their proprietary right
to their bodies through directing technology to achieve
their own goals, while at the same time being fragmented into parts and losing their personhood and
bodily integrity.
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