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dc.contributor.editorHunt, Xanthe
dc.contributor.editorBraathen, Stine Hellum
dc.contributor.editorChiwaula, Mussa
dc.contributor.editorCarew, Mark T.
dc.contributor.editorRohleder, Poul
dc.contributor.editorSwartz, Leslie
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-15T10:20:24Z
dc.date.available2021-02-15T10:20:24Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifierONIX_20210215_9783030555672_14
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46807
dc.description.abstractThis 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 physical disabilities themselves, suggest that education and public health policy must change, if the sexual and reproductive health rights and full inclusion of people with disabilities are to be achieved.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.otherAfrican Politics
dc.subject.otherDevelopment and Health
dc.subject.otherDevelopment and Gender
dc.subject.otherDisability Studies
dc.subject.otherDevelopment and Social Change
dc.subject.otherDevelopment Studies
dc.subject.otherBiotechnology
dc.subject.otherDisability and Sexuality
dc.subject.otherDisability in South Africa
dc.subject.othersexuality, gender, and embodiment
dc.subject.otherGlobal South
dc.subject.otherasexuality
dc.subject.otherDisability and femininity
dc.subject.otherDisability and masculinity
dc.subject.otherSexual and reproductive health
dc.subject.otherOpen Access
dc.subject.otherPolitics & government
dc.subject.otherAfrica
dc.subject.otherGender studies, gender groups
dc.subject.otherSociology
dc.titlePhysical Disability and Sexuality
dc.title.alternativeStories from South Africa
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-55567-2
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5
oapen.relation.isFundedByc13b2d7f-da1c-4936-b1f7-5fabbe10ad20
oapen.imprintPalgrave Macmillan
oapen.pages154
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