"The difference is not really news to me, as a clinical psychologist," said Erin Joyce, a women and couples therapist in Los Angeles.

“作为一名临床心理学家，这种差异对我来说并不是什么新鲜事，”洛杉矶的女性和夫妻治疗师艾琳·乔伊斯说。

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Most surrogates are women, a few are men, and there are married couples that practice surrogacy together.

大部分代理人是女性，也有一些是男性，并有已婚夫妇一起从事性代理工作。

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If couples and single women don’t playwith the club’s revenue base of single men, the cash cows will move on to morefertile pastures.

如果情侣和单身女性的数量与单身男性的数量不匹配时，“摇钱树”就会跑到别家。

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One can see businessmen and women running down the escalators, most likely late for work, couples holding hands, others seemingly asleep as they wait to get off, listening to the music that blares from the loudspeakers overhead.

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Melinda Gates has made a compelling case for meeting the contraceptive needs of women and couples.

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It is simply a disgrace that women - and couples - cannot choose of their own will.

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Despite the relaxation of rules on adoption, many single women and lesbian couples are still believed to face rejection by IVF clinics.

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