El derecho a la sexualidad. Mujeres y discapacidad en el discurso de la sexualidad normalizada

Abstract

A través de una serie de entrevistas de carácter cualitativo a mujeres que presentan diferentes grados de diversidad funcional, se describe su sexualidad y lo que tiene que ver con su desarrollo, práctica y discurso. Este trabajo, inminentemente descriptivo, parte de las vivencias de las participantes, donde se deja traslucir claramente cómo la sexualidad no ha sido considerada como un derecho básico, y que la sociedad ha obviado. De la misma manera se abordan todos aquellos otros temas que hacen de la sexualidad un tema amplio y complejo (menstruación, reproducción, genitalidad, o el placer…). Con lo que se concluye que no hay mujeres con discapacidad que sean asexuadas, sino una discursividad peyorativa, que por un lado está dentro de ese discurso más amplio acerca de cómo ve nuestra sociedad el fenómeno de la discapacidad; y, por otro, el de ser una manifestación más de las múltiples opresiones que sufren las mujeres, tanto en este como en otros ámbitos.

Sexuality in People with Motor Disability; Taboo, or Right?

“…In terms of reproductivity, the results showed the need to exercise motherhood and paternity as a right of free choice, which requires a high responsibility and commitment to be assumed as a couple, which in some cases is limited by prejudices of the close environment. This is consistent with what was reported by different authors, noting that above all, women with disabilities are often considered far from the ideals of health to exercise their reproductive role, given the incompatibility due to their need for care and the lack of understanding and support of the environment (35,(47)(48)(49). The results show the need for social support programs, both economic and health, that guarantee the legitimate right to maternity and paternity of people with disabilities since those existing in Peru do not assume this responsibility.…”

“…This coincides with what was stated by other authors, regarding the importance of the development and promotion of values, acceptance, support, and respect for people with disabilities as tools to reduce stereotypes and avoid isolation and exclusion (28-31) As for eroticism, the need for satisfactory and full sex life, regardless of disability, was evident. As other authors have observed (32), people with disabilities are often falsely described as "asexual," without the same needs as people without disabilities (33)(34)(35)(36). Regarding sexual encounters, although some manifested the increase in sensitivity in other areas of the body, in men the concentric conception predominated, not recognizing other forms of sexual expression, generating feelings of annulment of their sexuality; especially in those people who have lost sensation in the genital area.…”