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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 ________________End of message______________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.