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‘We need “culture-bridges”: professionals’ experiences of sex education for pupils with intellectual disabilities in a multicultural society
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Social Work (SA). Malmö University, Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies (CSS).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0297-0591
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Social Work (SA). Malmö University, Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies (CSS).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8403-6534
2019 (English)In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, ISSN 1468-1811, E-ISSN 1472-0825, Vol. 19, no 1, p. 54-67Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
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This study aimed to explore how sex education in special schools in Sweden is influenced and challenged by the multicultural aspects of modern society. In particular, it sought to explore professionalls' experiences of sex education and of honour-related experiences among young people with intellectual disabilities. Data from five individual interviews and one focus groups with four professionals were thematically analysed using sexual scripts as a theoretical framework. The results reveal an ambivalent honour-related script geared toward pupils with intellectual disabilities from cultural backgrounds differing from those of the Swedish mainstream. The provision of sex education, including information about honour-related experiences, is especially important because of these young people’s vulnerability; however, addressing the subject effectively is sensitive and complicated. Colleagues with different cultural backgrounds can act as ‘culture bridges’ for professionals who lack strategies, methods and materials. Increasing professionals’ prerequisite qualifications (e.g. further education, supervision) and adopting autonomy-promoted conduct can empower pupils with intellectual disability to exercise autonomy over their sexuality outside their immediate cultural context.

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Taylor and Francis , 2019. Vol. 19, no 1, p. 54-67
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Sexual education, intellectual disabilities, Special schools, multicultural society, honour-related experiences, Sweden
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-821DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2018.1478806ISI: 000452756000005Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85058237959Local ID: 27737OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-821DiVA, id: diva2:1397496
Available from: 2020-02-27 Created: 2020-02-27 Last updated: 2023-11-23Bibliographically approved

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