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Julia Bahner. Foto: Linnea Bengtsson.

Julia Bahner

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Julia Bahner. Foto: Linnea Bengtsson.

Sexual Citizenship and Disability: Understanding Sexual Support in Policy, Practice and Theory

Author

  • Julia Bahner

Summary, in English

What does ‘sexual citizenship’ mean in practice for people with mobility impairments who may need professional support to engage in sexual activity? The book explores this subject through empirical investigation based on case studies conducted in four countries – Sweden, England, Australia and the Netherlands – and develops the abstract notion of ‘sexual citizenship’ to make it practically relevant to disabled people, professionals in disability services and policy-makers. Through a cross-national approach, it demonstrates the variability of how sexual rights are understood and their culturally specific nature. It also shows how the personal is indeed political: states’ different policy approaches change the outcomes for disabled people in terms of support to explore and express their sexualities. By proposing a model of sexual facilitation that can be used in policy development, to better cater to disabled service users’ needs as well as furthering the theoretical understanding of sexual rights and sexual citizenship, this book will be of interest to professionals in disability services and policy-makers as well as academics and students working in the following subject areas: Disability Studies, Sociology, Social Policy, Sexuality Studies/Sexology, Social Work, Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Public Health.

Department/s

  • Civil Society and Social Movements
  • School of Social Work

Publishing year

2019-12-20

Language

English

Publication/Series

Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

Document type

Book

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
  • Social Work

Keywords

  • Funktionshinder
  • Sexualitet
  • Policy
  • Intersektionalitet
  • Disability
  • Sexuality
  • Policy
  • Social movements
  • Intersectionality
  • Social Services
  • Sex Work

Status

Published

Project

  • Sexual Citizenship and Disability - Implications for Theory, Practice and Policy

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781138594234
  • ISBN: 9780429488993