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
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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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