It is almost unfathomable that more women in America today are choosing to freeze their eggs, given the fact that fewer and fewer men are interested in forming any type of relationships, or even marriages. Considering the fact that those women who chose to freeze their eggs are rather successful in career or in school, could no longer understand the reasons why they are single. Some of them even suffered from psychological stress. How should we understand what is happening in America today? How painful is it for women in the US to go through the medical procedure?

Professor Inhorn is the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs and Chair of the Council on Middle East Studies (CMES) in The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. Professor Marcia Inhorn is the author of seven books and the (co)editor of thirteen. Her newest book, Motherhood on Ice: The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs.