Sexual professionalism: for whom? The case of sexual facilitation in Swedish personal assistance services

Summary, in English

Sexuality is a taboo subject in disability services, leading to insecurity for both service users and personnel about how to handle upcoming situations. In Sweden, there is also a lack of policy in this area, highlighting the need to study sexuality both as an individual and a political, and in this case also, depoliticized issue. A critical feminist policy analysis reveals that norms around disability, sexuality and professionalism in a particular legal, political and cultural context strongly influence the willingness to recognize disabled people’s sexual rights. The Swedish case indicates a need for increased transnational work to develop ethical, professional and non-discriminatory rights-based approaches to sexual facilitation.

• Author: Julia Bahner
• Department/s: Professions and Organisation
• Publishing year: 2015-06-25
• Language: English
• Pages: 788-801
• Publication/Series: Disability and Society
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 5
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2015.1021761
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Routledge
• Topic: Social Work; Gender Studies; Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
• Status: Published
• Project: Sexualitetsfrågor i vardagen med personlig assistans för personer med fysisk rörelsenedsättning
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0968-7599