Making sure misinformation about infertility isn’t spread isn’t easy, especially in the Internet era where anyone and everyone can throw a website into cyberspace. Recently, we came across a particularly glaring (and rather shockingly insensitive) error on a site (we won’t name it because we don’t want it to get traffic) that purports to deal with infertility.
Basically, the site claimed that infertility in couples is typically the woman’s “fault” and not the man’s “fault”.
What?
Anyone who has been reading this blog knows that we’re staunchly against two elements of this “claim”:
1. Infertility plays an equal role for men and women. It’s well-known in medical circles that there’s about a 40% chance of the infertility being a male issue, a 40% chance of infertility being a female issue and a 20% chance of it being a couple (or unknown) issue.
2. The term “fault” is really unnecessary. It almost implies deliberateness on the part of the person experiencing infertility.
The moral of the story? Be careful what you believe about infertility. Go to reputable sites for your information. Like this one.
