1st Edition

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

By Julia Bahner Copyright 2020
    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    1. Setting the Scene: Disabled Sexual Experiences in Context





    2. Empirical and Conceptual Framework





    Part I: Empirical Framework





    Part II: Conceptual Framework





    3. Sweden





    Part I: The Policy Landscape





    Part II: Experiences of Sexual Facilitation in Practice





    4. England, UK





    Part I: The Policy Landscape





    Part II. Civil Society Activities





    5. The Netherlands





    Part I: The Policy Landscape





    Part II. Civil Society Activities





    6. New South Wales, Australia





    Part I: The Policy Landscape





    Part II. Civil Society Activities





    7. Understanding Sexual Citizenship in Policy, Practice and Theory



    Biography



    Julia Bahner is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Social Work, Lund



    University, Sweden and was formerly Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the Centre



    for Disability Studies, School of Sociology, University of Leeds, UK. She holds a



    PhD in social work and has worked extensively with disabled people’s organisations,



    sexual rights organisations and disability service organisations to develop



    better policies and practices around sexuality, disability and support.