Physical Disability and Sexuality : Stories from South Africa.

Physical Disability and Sexuality -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Some Background, and a South African Study on Sexuality -- What Is Disability? -- Disability in South Africa -- About the Disability and Sexuality Project -- Participatory Action Research -- What We Did -- Study 1: A Survey of Societal Attitudes -- Study 2: The Experiences of People with Physical Disabilities -- Outline of the Book -- A Note on the Politics of Voice -- References -- 2 Physical Disability and Sexuality, Some History and Some Findings -- Introduction -- Disability and Sexuality: Myths and Misconceptions -- The Assumption of Asexuality -- Stereotypes About Disability -- What People with Physical Disabilities Experience -- Pride's Story -- Excluded from Sex Education -- Sexual Violence and Abuse -- Tas's Story -- Experiences of Dating and Relationships -- Concluding Notes and Take Home Points -- References -- 3 Cleone's Story -- Skin Deep -- As a Young Adult -- Life Before Disability -- In the Early Years -- 4 Physical Disability and Femininity: An Intersection of Identities -- Introduction -- Thinking About Gender and Disability -- Femininity and Sexuality in the Context of Acquired vs Congenital Physical Disability -- Gender Ideologies and Physical Disability: More or Less a Woman? -- The Effects on Women -- Concluding Notes and Take-Home Points -- References -- 5 Rosabelle's Story -- Rosabelle's Story -- A Brief Commentary on Rosabelle's Story: Disability, Embodiment and the Power of Sport -- References -- 6 Physical Disability and Masculinity: Hegemony and Exclusion -- Being a Man: What Our Participants Said -- Concluding Notes and Take-Home Points -- References -- 7 Bongani's Story -- Reflections -- Us Vs Them: A Small Piece of My Personal Story.

How I Think About Masculinity in the Context of Disability -- References -- 8 Sexual and Reproductive Health: Layers of (in)Access -- Introduction -- Concluding notes and take-home points -- References -- 9 Vic's Story -- Reflections on Fatherhood -- 10 The Meaning of Participation: Reflections on Our Study -- 'Nothing About Us Without Us' -- Working Together to Tell Stories -- The Experience of Participating -- A Note on the Work Which Needs to Be Done -- Concluding Notes and Take-Home Points -- References -- Funding Statement -- Index.

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