Science, technology and human values have been the subject of enquiry in the last few years for social scientists and eventually the relationship between science and gender is the subject of an ongoing debate. This is due to the event of globalization which led to the exponential growth of new technologies like assisted reproductive technology (ART). ART, one of the most iconic technological innovations of the twentieth century, has become increasingly a normal social fact of life. Since ART invades multiple human discourses—thereby transforming culture, society and politics—it is important what is sociological about ART as well as what is biological. This article argues in commendation of sociology of technology, which is alert to its democratic potential but does not concurrently conceal the historical and continuing role of technology in legitimizing gender discrimination. The article draws the empirical insights from local articulations (i.e., Odisha state in eastern India) for the understandings of motherhood, freedom and choice, reproductive right and rights over the body to which ART has contributed. Sociologically, the article has been supplemented within the broader perspectives of determinism, compatibilism alongside feminism.

科学、技术和人类价值观在过去几年一直是社会科学家研究的主题，最终科学与性别之间的关系成为持续辩论的主题。这是由于全球化事件导致辅助生殖技术 (ART) 等新技术呈指数级增长。艺术是 20 世纪最具标志性的技术创新之一，已日益成为一种正常的社会生活事实。由于 ART 侵入了多种人类话语——从而改变了文化、社会和政治——重要的是关于 ART 的社会学以及生物学。本文在对技术社会学的表彰中论证，它对其民主潜力保持警惕，但并没有同时掩盖技术在使性别歧视合法化方面的历史和持续作用。这篇文章从当地关节（即印度东部的奥里萨邦）中汲取了经验见解，以理解母性、自由和选择、生殖权利以及 ART 所贡献的身体权利。在社会学上，这篇文章已经在决定论、相容论和女权主义的更广泛的观点中得到了补充。