Why have gamete sellers been resistant to evolving ideas about donor families?
Decades of new research and anecdotal information have been ignored, negated, or dismissed.refers to a psychological phenomenon in which presenting new or contradictory information to individuals with pre-existing beliefs leads them to dig in on their existing beliefs. This can also affect existing motives and policies.
Individuals feel discomfort when their beliefs are challenged or when they hold conflicting beliefs. In response, some individuals may double down on their existing beliefs, despite data or evidence, to reduce this discomfort.Over the past few decades, sperm banks and egg facilities have faced various challenges regarding evolving donor family experiences and ideas.
Many in the industry know that the anecdotal and scientifically published information is accurate as they too hear from the families. But, they're stuck. Some people in the industry who are so invested in"helping families" find it difficult or even impossible for them to consider that their policies might actually be negatively affecting or hurting people.
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