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100 1 _aHunt, Xanthe
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700 1 _aBraathen, Stine Hellum
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700 1 _aChiwaula, Mussa
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700 1 _aCarew, Mark T.
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700 1 _aRohleder, Poul
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700 1 _aSwartz, Leslie
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700 1 _aHunt, Xanthe
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700 1 _aBraathen, Stine Hellum
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700 1 _aChiwaula, Mussa
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700 1 _aCarew, Mark T.
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700 1 _aRohleder, Poul
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700 1 _aSwartz, Leslie
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245 1 0 _aPhysical Disability and Sexuality : Stories from South Africa
260 _bSpringer Nature
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300 _a1 electronic resource (154 p.)
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aThis open access edited volume explores physical disability and sexuality in South Africa, drawing on past studies, new research conducted by the editors, and first-person narratives from people with physical disabilities in the country. Sexuality has long been a site of oppression and discrimination for people with disabilities based on myths and misconceptions, and this book explores how these play out for people with physical disabilities in the South African setting. One myth with which the book is centrally concerned, is that people with disabilities are unable to have sex, or are seen as lacking sexuality by society at large. Societal understandings of masculinity, femininity, bodies and attractiveness, often lead people with physical disabilities to be seen as being undesirable romantic or sexual partners. The contributions in this volume explore how these prevailing social conditions impact on the access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, involvement in romantic relationships, childbearing, and sexual citizenship as a whole, of people with physical disabilities in the Western Cape of the country. The authors' research, and first person contributions by people with physical disabilities themselves, suggest that education and public health policy must change, if the sexual and reproductive health rights and full inclusion of people with disabilities are to be achieved.
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650 7 _aDevelopment studies
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653 _aAfrican Politics
653 _aDevelopment and Health
653 _aDevelopment and Gender
653 _aDisability Studies
653 _aDevelopment and Social Change
653 _aDevelopment Studies
653 _aBiotechnology
653 _aDisability and Sexuality
653 _aDisability in South Africa
653 _asexuality, gender, and embodiment
653 _aGlobal South
653 _aasexuality
653 _aDisability and femininity
653 _aDisability and masculinity
653 _aSexual and reproductive health
653 _aOpen Access
653 _aPolitics & government
653 _aAfrica
653 _aGender studies, gender groups
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