Sex is central to the human condition and any condition for that matter lest
you be a plant propogating asexually.
And pornography is as old as literature I do not doubt, but I do sincerely
believe that mainstream TV's interest in disabled people whether it is
sexual habits or anything else is purely freak circus stuff.
In reality until "disability" is consdidered as normality, a part of the
total human condition not a sub genre then all interest is going to be
prurient, it is an offspring of the marginalisation of disability and the
creation of "the other" as status that no-one is immune from and is created
socially when one crosses some line or other in the metaphorical sand. A
condition one fears and despises, mocks and is entertained by until it one
finds oneself on the wrong side of this artificial barrier, just as religion
and ethnicity can be of no consequence until the prevailing political or
social ethos makes it so.
The Media are not our friends, they are false allies as alcohol is to the
drunkard.
Larry
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jenny Parry
> Sent: 29 June 2006 20:45
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> Subject: sex ...
>
>
> Hi Andrea ...
> yes I agree with a lot of what you say, but at the same time the
> 'disabled
> people as curios' (ref Colin Barnes) keeps leaping to the fore.
> This is a
> reply I sent to someone on this list back in January on a
> similar subject :-
>
> Yes - I agree that the subject of 'disabled sexuality' needs to be
> investigated - sensitively - for the benefit of those it affects
> - but the
> attached
> article by Bev Burkitt illustrates graphically the curiosity felt by
> non-disabled 'others' about how we 'do it'! Bev also points out
> the need
> for a better
> understanding of the issues, but is a Channel4 TV programme the
> way to go??
> Cheers
> Jenny
> __http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/archframe.htm__
> (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/archframe.htm_)
> (_http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/archframe.htm_
> (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/archframe.htm) )
>
> although I just tried the link and couldn't make it work.
> Again - the above was relating to a C4 programme, but is a porn show any
> better?
> If someone wants to participate in a porn movie then OK yes, and
> if the fact
> that they are disabled gains them some publicity then that is
> also a choice
> thing - but in all honesty would you show the disabled people
> who you work
> with this porn movie as a sex education example? I think not.
> Sex education can be a necessity for many people, not 'just' disabled
> people, but to endorse a woman being involved in porn, and
> further a disabled woman
> being involved, is not the sort of example I would like to use
> for anybody,
> disabled or otherwise.
> This harks back somehow to the 'freak show' of old time circuses
> - not sex
> education, or even a good example .....
> all best
> Jenny
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