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This open access edited volume explores physical disability and
sexuality in South Africa, drawing on past studies, new research
conducted by the editors, and first-person narratives from people
with physical disabilities in the country. Sexuality has long been
a site of oppression and discrimination for people with
disabilities based on myths and misconceptions, and this book
explores how these play out for people with physical disabilities
in the South African setting. One myth with which the book is
centrally concerned, is that people with disabilities are unable to
have sex, or are seen as lacking sexuality by society at large.
Societal understandings of masculinity, femininity, bodies and
attractiveness, often lead people with physical disabilities to be
seen as being undesirable romantic or sexual partners. The
contributions in this volume explore how these prevailing social
conditions impact on the access to sexual and reproductive
healthcare, involvement in romantic relationships, childbearing,
and sexual citizenship as a whole, of people with physical
disabilities in the Western Cape of the country. The authors'
research, and first person contributions by people with physical
disabilities themselves, suggest that education and public health
policy must change, if the sexual and reproductive health rights
and full inclusion of people with disabilities are to be achieved.
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