书目名称 | Physical Disability and Sexuality | 副标题 | Stories from South A | 编辑 | Xanthe Hunt,Stine Hellum Braathen,Leslie Swartz | 视频video | | 概述 | Discusses disability and sexuality in South Africa analyzing myths and misconceptions about people with disabilities.Looks at how this myth of asexuality means that many young people with disabilities | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This open access edited volume explores physical disability and sexuality in South Africa, drawing on past studies, new research conducted by the editors, and first-person narratives from people with physical disabilities in the country. Sexuality has long been a site of oppression and discrimination for people with disabilities based on myths and misconceptions, and this book explores how these play out for people with physical disabilities in the South African setting. One myth with which the book is centrally concerned, is that people with disabilities are unable to have sex, or are seen as lacking sexuality by society at large. Societal understandings of masculinity, femininity, bodies and attractiveness, often lead people with physical disabilities to be seen as being undesirable romantic or sexual partners. The contributions in this volume explore how these prevailing social conditions impact on the access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, involvement in romantic relationships, childbearing, and sexual citizenship as a whole, of people with physical disabilities in the Western Cape of the country. The authors‘ research, and first person contributions by people with physi | 出版日期 | Book‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ 2021 | 关键词 | Disability and Sexuality; Disability in South Africa; sexuality, gender, and embodiment; Global South; a | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55567-2 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-55569-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-55567-2 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021 |
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