Man, woman,... a disabled person? gender (in) disability
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Kobieta, mężczyzna,... osoba niepełnosprawna? Płeć (w) niepełnosprawności a wychowanie w rodzinie
Man, woman,... a disabled person? gender (in) disability and education in the family

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 person; disabled woman; “the third sex”; social functioning

Summary/Abstract: The social reality is focused on the human body, which sets a new dimension of incomplete fitness. The term "disabled person” is without gender. Women with disabilities believe they are treated as a "third sex". Their discrimination is the result of a lack of sensitivity to the gender of the disabled. Gender becomes irrelevant. The main purpose of the research was to find out the situation related to the social functioning of women with physical disabilities and the perception of their disability. The study was conducted in 2014 in Lubuskie; it included 92 women with disabilities. These were women with reduced mobility. Research was carried out individually and consisted of completing a questionnaire. I used the method of in-depth interview and questionnaire interview. The resulting material was then analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively by myself. I chose to analyze some questions relevant to the contextof measures taken in the article. The concept of social marking was applied to explain the attitudes adopted towards people with disabilities. Current attitudes exhibited towards women with disabilities and the perception of their disability are the result of many years of treating them as the dregs of society and denying them their right to a normal social life. The main limitations in the functioning of these people are not related to the lack of physical fitness, but are a reaction of the social environment on disability and how it is perceived.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 277-292
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English, Polish