Income disparity has become a mainstay of the international critique and public discourse on commercial surrogacy. Using existing empirical data, including our two respective field studies in India and the United States, we analyze surrogacy from a gender perspective and show how the visibility of gender disparities in a transnational context encourages assumptions at the local and national context. In doing so, we highlight the narrative of inequality, explore the complexity of surrogacy outside of a one-note narrative, and show how that narrative operates to overshadow the complex, lived experiences of those engaged in surrogacy.

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（跨国）代孕中的不平等：呼吁以经验的视角审视复杂的生活现实

收入差距已成为国际社会对商业代孕的批评和公开讨论的主要内容。利用现有的经验数据，包括我们在印度和美国的两项实地研究，我们从性别角度分析代孕，并展示跨国背景下性别差异的可见性如何鼓励在当地和国家背景下的假设。在这样做的过程中，我们强调了不平等的叙述，探索了单音叙述之外的代孕的复杂性，并展示了这种叙述如何掩盖那些从事代孕的人复杂的生活经历。