Who is Allowed to Go on a Date? About the Sexuality of People with Disabilities Cover Image

Komu wolno pójść na randkę? O seksualności osób z niepełnosprawnościami
Who is Allowed to Go on a Date? About the Sexuality of People with Disabilities

Author(s): Milena Trojanowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Social differentiation, Demography and human biology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: disability; sexuality; relationships; symbolic interactionism

Summary/Abstract: Sexuality is an inseparable part of our life and identity. The most of the population was born – and lives as – sexually significant, apart from the group of people who are described as asexual. The laws of biology, however, are not always defined in the same way as socially constructed meanings. Do women with disabilities have the right to go on a date? What barriers do they need to struggle with when they decide to have children? Can they care about their sexual needs? What sexual activities are described by socially acceptable sex scripts? I will try to answer these questions on the basis of literature analysis as well as my own research results. My research was carried out on a group of women living with disabilities (multiple sclerosis) and their partners, as well as with a group of people who have no daily contact with people with disabilities.

  • Issue Year: 16/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 56-69
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish