Everything begins with gender... social perception of “otherness”
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Wszystko zaczyna się od płci... społeczna percepcja „inności” kobiet z niepełnosprawnością ruchową – wyniki badań
Everything begins with gender... social perception of “otherness” of women with physical disabilities – research results

Author(s): Iwona Banach
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Social history
Published by: Zakład Historii Edukacji w Instytucie Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: disabled woman; social functioning; education

Summary/Abstract: Changing social attitudes and ways of thinking about people is a very difficult task; nonetheless it is important to take action to change the asexual and the negative image of disabled woman fairly widely held in our society. In a situation of completely unaware global recognition of disability without regards of gender of these individuals, a serious problem arises, in particular – the perception of women with disabilities. Changing the approach to women with disabilities requires most of all a change in a binary way of thinking derived from prejudices and stereotypes. The transformations in this field are also noticeable in the category of scientific discourses of the body, gender and femininity. The article there will present issues related to the social functioning of women with physical disabilities as well as the perception of them by nursing students and students of physical education. Taken considerations are an attempt to by pass exemplification of gender in relation to people with disabilities treated globally omitting the gender difference.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 393-409
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English, Polish