Women with Disabilities Discuss Sexuality in San Francisco Focus Groups

Vaughn, Mya; Silver, Kurt; Murphy, S. Yvette; Ashbaugh, Renee; Hoffman, Amanda

doi:10.1007/s11195-014-9389-x

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“…We heard the example in the chapter before, about the transitions which women go through when they acquire a physical disability later in life. Research suggests that some women with congenital physical disabilities are limited in their expression of their sexuality (not that they limit themselves, but that society might limit them) (Howland & Rintala, 2001;Vaughn, Silver, Murphy, Ashbaugh, & Hoffman, 2015). To nuance this statement: what has been found is that Howland and Rintala (2001) found that some women with physical disabilities delayed dating because they had been raised with the assumption that their disability somehow excluded them from sexual life.…”

Section: Femininity and Sexuality In The Context Of Acquired Vs Congementioning

confidence: 99%

Physical Disability and Femininity: An Intersection of Identities

Hunt

Braathen

Rohleder

2021

Physical Disability and Sexuality

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In this chapter, we will explore the intersections of physical disability and femininity. We look at how societies’ ideas about disability influence the way women with physical disabilities are viewed and view themselves as sexual beings. Using a combination of background literature and qualitative data from our photovoice study, we explore how social representations of femininity and expectations for women may negatively affect women with physical disabilities’ sense of themselves. We include pictures, written texts, and stories produced by some of the female participants from the project.

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Section: Femininity and Sexuality In The Context Of Acquired Vs Congementioning

confidence: 99%

Physical Disability and Femininity: An Intersection of Identities

Hunt

Braathen

Rohleder

2021

Physical Disability and Sexuality

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“…Furthermore, the same study revealed that women with physical disabilities experienced all these barriers at a higher level than their male counterparts. The need for information for women with disabilities was echoed in studies conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area by Vaughn et al (2015) and Wong (2000).…”

Section: Informational and Educational Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual and Reproductive Health Concerns Of Persons With Disability in India: An Issue Of Deep-Rooted Silence

Sharma

Sivakami

2018

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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SummaryGlobal estimates suggest that over a billion people live with a disability that is significant enough to affect their daily lives. According to the 2011 Indian Census, India alone has about 26.8 million people with disabilities. Research suggests that persons with disabilities (PwDs) in India are among the most neglected, stigmatized, poor and least educated of the world's population, and women with disabilities in India are the most marginalized, both socially and economically. They bear the triple burden of being discriminated against through being 'women' (socially marginal beings), 'disabled' (incapacitated, inefficient and undesirable) and 'women with disabilities' (the weakest of the weak), often becoming socially invisible. Although there has been a general recognition over the years that the educational and employment opportunities of PwDs in India need to be improved, their sexual needs and aspirations, sexuality concerns and sexual and reproductive health and rights have been largely ignored. The objective of this paper is to highlight the paucity of research on the sexual and reproductive health concerns of PwDs, particularly women, in the Indian context using existing literature on India, and to identify the possible reasons of this neglect. The study describes the obstacles faced by PwDs, particularly women, to acquiring good sexual and reproductive information and services, based on the results of empirical studies. Given the lack of research on this in India, the evidence largely comes from studies conducted elsewhere in the world. Lack of information and education about sexual health concerns, physical and/or infrastructural inaccessibility, judgemental provider attitudes, limited provider knowledge about disability issues and individual factors, including inhibitions about seeking health care and financial barriers, are identified as factors inhibiting the sexual and reproductive rights of people with disabilities in India.

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“…Moreover, for sexual minority people with disabilities, personal assistants' and interpreters' lack of knowledge or acceptance of sexual minority identities may be a barrier to romantic relationships (National Disability Authority, 2006). Likewise, caregivers' or personal assistants' unwillingness to help facilitate sexual activity may be a barrier for sexual minority people with disabilities (Earle, 1999;Fraley et al, 2007;Vaughn, Silver, Murphy, Ashbaugh, & Hoffman, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, SMW with disabilities in particular may find it difficult to access relevant resources and information because most information is heteronormative and reproduction focused (Gillespie-Sells et al, 1998). SMW with disabilities may also find it difficult to negotiate sexual relationships, which leaves them vulnerable to unsafe sex and sexual violence, particularly in the context of different-sex relationships (Vaughn et al, 2015). Indeed, as a population, women with disabilities are incredibly vulnerable to sexual abuse, even by their partners (Martin et al, 2006;Nosek, Foley, Hughes, & Howland, 2001;Wade, 2002).…”

Section: Issues For Sexual Minority Women With Disabilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“We exist”: The health and well-being of sexual minority women and trans people with disabilities.

Tarasoff¹

2016

Eliminating Inequities for Women With Disabilities: An Agenda for Health and Wellness.

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Although there has been a growing interest in the health of women with disabilities in the past 10 to 15 years, most research tends to treat women with disabilities as a homogenous group, particularly with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity. In other words, although sexuality is acknowledged to be an important aspect of disabled women's lives and identities, there has been little research on sexual minority women with disabilities and even less research on trans people with disabilities. In this chapter, I use sexual minority women (SMW) to refer to women who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer as well as other women who have sex with women. I use trans as an umbrella term for people who do not embrace traditional binary gender norms of masculine I would like to thank the research teams of the Trans PULSE Project and the Risk and Resilience Project in Ontario, Canada, for sharing their data; in particular, thanks to Greta Bauer, Ayden Scheim, and Melissa MacLeod for coordinating and conducting data analysis and to Margaret Robinson and Corey Flanders for their helpful comments. I also extend thanks to Caroline Signore and Shari Miles-Cohen for their support and encouragement.

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Women with Disabilities Discuss Sexuality in San Francisco Focus Groups

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

Physical Disability and Femininity: An Intersection of Identities

Physical Disability and Femininity: An Intersection of Identities

Sexual and Reproductive Health Concerns Of Persons With Disability in India: An Issue Of Deep-Rooted Silence

“We exist”: The health and well-being of sexual minority women and trans people with disabilities.

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