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Swiadomość seksualna osób dorosłych z umiarkowaną niepełnosprawnością intelektualną
Sexual consciousness of adult people with medium mental disability

Author(s): Alicja Opatowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology
Published by: Centrum Terapii Michał Lew-Starowicz
Keywords: sexual knowledge; sexuality education; mental disability

Summary/Abstract: State of the art of human sexuality and sexual health have priority sense in the education process performed among population of intellectual disabled people. This group is especially sensitive to abnormal sexual behaviors by units who have sexual deviation. In addition these people can be socially marked or isolated because they do not have knowledge of their own sexuality. Among the reasonable intellectual disabled adult people it is observed extremely low sexual consciousness of their own body. Males and females with a medium intellectual disability possess less information about the structure of a human body and differences related to a particular sex. Moreover, they do not know sex organ terms. Adult females usually understand the man intentions improperly. It causes increase of the sexual abuse by the others and the appearance of unexpected pregnancy. Both male and female are characterized by ignorance about consequence of sexual activity and contraceptives. That is why these people should be acquainted with sexual behaviors and it should be part of the educational process.

  • Issue Year: 6/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 4-11
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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