stigma management strategies among women with physical disabilities: contrasting approaches of downplaying or claiming a disability status

Taub, Diane E.; McLorg, Penelope A.; Fanflik, Patricia

doi:10.1080/01639620490269012

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“…Studies have shown that women are most often judged based on their appearance, i.e. how they look like, therefore, women have an increased risk of being identified and judged based on their disabilities (Wendell, 1997;Taub, McLorg & Fanflik, 2004). According to our findings, the teenage girls need to master their painful bodies, using social support, taking one day at a time and fighting for health in their efforts to fit into the ideal norm of looking good and being physically active.…”

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Fitting into the prevailing teenage culture: A grounded theory on female adolescents with chronic arthritis

Sällfors

Hallberg

2009

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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The aim of this study was to deepen the understanding of female adolescents' daily living with chronic arthritis. Taperecorded open interviews were conducted once with six teenage girls (14Á17 years), who also wrote diaries for a 12-month period. In addition, 12 interviews of female adolescents diagnosed with chronic arthritis selected from another sample in an earlier study by the authors were included in the data. The Grounded Theory (GT) method was used for analysing the diaries and the transcribed interviews. A core category, labelled Fitting into the prevailing teenage culture, and four related categories labelled (1) mastering a body in pain; (2) living one day at time; (3) using social support; and (4) fighting for health emerged. The categories formed a substantive theory illuminating living with chronic arthritis during adolescence. The theory explains and provides a deeper understanding of the main concern of these female adolescents and their strategies in managing their situation.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Fitting into the prevailing teenage culture: A grounded theory on female adolescents with chronic arthritis

Sällfors

Hallberg

2009

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…Among those groups and varieties of individuals that are known to be stigmatized are sex workers (Comte 2010), persons with HIV=AIDS (Gilbert and Walker 2010;Weitz 1991), the obese (Culligan 2009;Whitesel 2010), mental ill persons (Fennell and Liberato 2007;Guo 2009;Kranke 2009;Scheff 1966), physically disabled and=or scarred persons (Knudson-Cooper 1981;Taub et al 2004), teenage mothers (Yardley 2008), the voluntarily childless (Park 2002), gay men (at least in some ethnic cultures) (Poon and Ho 2008), and even persons with red hair (Heckert and Best 1997).…”

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Stigmatization of Sex Offenders

Tewksbury

2012

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“…When swimming, the body is visible, as in the dressing rooms and showers. Several scholars argue that while women to a larger extent are judged by the appearance of their bodies, they are also at greater risk of being defined by their impairments (Reinikainen, 2004;Taub, McLorg, & Fanflik, 2004) and, consequently, being devalued. This may make it even more difficult for Sara and Hanna to participate.…”

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‘You do it in your own particular way.’ Physical education, gender and (dis)ability

Apelmo

2018

Sport, Education and Society

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The aim of this article was to explore, from a gender perspective, how young sporting women with physical impairments experience physical education (PE), and which strategies they use to manage situations that arise in the everyday interaction in connection with those lessons. Phenomenology provides a theoretical framework that includes the body. Ten semistructured interviews were conducted with the women, aged 15-28. In addition, semi-structured interviews were held with three boys, aged between 10 and 15, and with one male coach. Those latter interviews are used in the article as material for comparison. The young women had a strong aspiration to appear normal. However, in relation to PE, the participants highlighted issues dealing with experiences of exclusion and special treatment. It appeared to be difficult for teachers to see these women as the sports-interested youths that they were. The young women used different strategies of resistance. Some of them did not participate in certain aspects of PE, or chose to quit the whole course. To receive a higher grade, another participant showed the teacher her medals from the Swedish national swimming championship, thus stressing her competence. When the women finally described the stigmatization that they had been subjected to, they avoided positioning themselves as victims, by downplaying the seriousness of a discriminatory situation or by using in the interview the word 'we' instead of 'I', thus describing the incident in collective terms. Previous research supports the suggestion that the students' opportunities to show their capacities and strength during PE are dependent on the students' gender. While one of the boys and a male coach gave examples of experiences of more inclusive PE, with a potential to challenge the ablebodied norm within the subject, the gender norm remained unquestioned. ARTICLE HISTORY

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stigma management strategies among women with physical disabilities: contrasting approaches of downplaying or claiming a disability status

Cited by 54 publications

References 13 publications

Fitting into the prevailing teenage culture: A grounded theory on female adolescents with chronic arthritis

Fitting into the prevailing teenage culture: A grounded theory on female adolescents with chronic arthritis

Stigmatization of Sex Offenders

‘You do it in your own particular way.’ Physical education, gender and (dis)ability

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