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Sex and stigma [electronic resource] : The impact of structural violence on people with disabilities in Taiwan /

by Yau, Carmen.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleDescription: pp. 100-118.Subject(s): Sexuality, disability, sex volunteer, rights, structural violence, critical discourse analysis, body, stigmaOnline resources: Click here to access full-text article In: China Journal of Social Work = 中國社會工作期刊 2019, Vol. 12, No. 2Summary: Disabled bodies are highly stigmatised by society and socially constructed as undesirable and malfunctioning bodies. Yet, little is known about the sexuality of people with disabilities. Analysing 21 online testimonies from a sex volunteer service for the disabled in Taiwan, we explore the complexity of their sexual lives. We illustrate how their bodies are constructed as asexual and undesirable that, in turn, produces structural violence against them while regulating their sexual desire. Although such regulation is powerful, people with disabilities still find ways to subvert it. 殘障身體被社會高度污名化,並由社會建構為沒有性吸引力且失能的身體,而關於障礙者與性的相關研究則非常少。透過分析21篇有關台灣為障礙者提供性義工服務的受服務者體驗陳述,我們試圖剖析他們性生活及其處境的復雜性。本文闡釋他們的身體是如何被去性化及建構成無性吸引力,繼而成為結構性的壓迫,限制他們的情色欲望。即使這種壓迫具影響力,但障礙者仍能另覓出路。
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Disabled bodies are highly stigmatised by society and socially constructed as undesirable and malfunctioning bodies. Yet, little is known about the sexuality of people with disabilities. Analysing 21 online testimonies from a sex volunteer service for the disabled in Taiwan, we explore the complexity of their sexual lives. We illustrate how their bodies are constructed as asexual and undesirable that, in turn, produces structural violence against them while regulating their sexual desire. Although such regulation is powerful, people with disabilities still find ways to subvert it.

殘障身體被社會高度污名化,並由社會建構為沒有性吸引力且失能的身體,而關於障礙者與性的相關研究則非常少。透過分析21篇有關台灣為障礙者提供性義工服務的受服務者體驗陳述,我們試圖剖析他們性生活及其處境的復雜性。本文闡釋他們的身體是如何被去性化及建構成無性吸引力,繼而成為結構性的壓迫,限制他們的情色欲望。即使這種壓迫具影響力,但障礙者仍能另覓出路。

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