Sue Huang says that many doctors make "whether or not a woman has given birth to a son" a major consideration in deciding on a hysterectomy. Little research has been done to discover the physical and psychological after-effects of hysterectomies.
黃淑英指出，許多醫生為病人切除子宮完全以「有沒有生過兒子」為首要考量，至於子宮切除後對婦女身體、心理健康的影響，卻少有研究。