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This book examines a relatively new social phenomenon in the West and the 'developed' countries of the world -- that of women s elective sterilization. The study identifies that a minority of women choose not to become mothers, opting for voluntary sterilization in order to remain childfree. A number of major issues relating to choice in contraception and women choosing to be sterilized are explored from feminist and sociological perspectives, using feminist research techniques based on oral and written histories. The 25 women who are the participants in the study reveal the struggles they faced, not only in being women without children in a society which expects women to be mothers, but also in overcoming the many barriers encountered on the way to voluntary sterilization. The interviews and diaries show how women are 'infantized' by a medical profession led by patriarchal notions of what women are and how they should be. Their reasoning and decisions are ignored, not taken seriously,