Julia Bahner
Docent
Sexual professionalism: for whom? The case of sexual facilitation in Swedish personal assistance services
Författare
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.
Avdelning/ar
- Professioner och organisering
Publiceringsår
2015-06-25
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
788-801
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Disability and Society
Volym
30
Issue
5
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Social Work
- Gender Studies
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Status
Published
Projekt
- Sexualitetsfrågor i vardagen med personlig assistans för personer med fysisk rörelsenedsättning
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0968-7599