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“Jag vill ha mer än bara en försmak…”: En kvalitativ studie om sexuella rättigheter och fysisk funktionsnedsättning
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Social Work (SA).
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
” I want more than just a taste” : A qualitative study about sexual rights and physical disability (English)
Abstract [en]

Being viewed as a sexual being is perhaps not something often considered by most able-bodied people. Yet, lacking that kind of consideration is not a luxury that people with physical impairments naturally get. The purpose of this study is to, by using the perspective of crip theory and the social model, examine how the societal view of physical impairment and sexuality affect people with physical impairments and their ability to express and act on their sexuality. Five interviews were transcribed from two podcasts wherein four interviewees, two cisgendered men and two cisgendered women, talk about their personal experiences with navigating a socially, and sometimes physically, inaccessible sexual marketplace. Results show that all four interviewees agree that a societal view of people with physical impairments as unattractive and asexual has affected their self-esteem and self-image by having internalized the societal ableist attitudes of what it means to have an attractive body and to be an attractive partner. Results also show how the female interviewees have experienced an increased need for affirmations of their physical attractiveness through sexual and romantic relationships and how they believe these needs to be grounded in their internalized ableism.  Furthermore, the results of this study reveal how the male interviewees believe their acts of having bought sexual services from sexual surrogates to be grounded in the sexual exclusion they experience from the sexual market because of their physical impairments. 

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2021. , p. 39
Keywords [en]
Disability, Sexuality, Asexuality, Sexual facilitation, Self-image, Gender, Sexual rights, Crip theory.
Keywords [sv]
Funktionsnedsättning, Sexualitet, Asexualitet, Sexuell facilitering, Könsidentitet, Sexuella rättigheter, Crip teori.
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-41502OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-41502DiVA, id: diva2:1541063
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HS Socionomutbildning
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Available from: 2021-04-08 Created: 2021-03-30 Last updated: 2021-04-08Bibliographically approved

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