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The bumpy road to womanhood
- Author:
- BARRON Karin
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(2), April 1997, pp.223-239.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the results of a qualitative study dealing with societal constraints with regard to womanhood for physically disabled women in Sweden. Findings show that young women are subjected to stereotyped views on what having an impairment involves and have to deal with certain normative criteria of what constitutes womanhood. Despite rejecting the traditional subservient role of 'the disabled' and of women generally, the young women yearn for the pursuing of tasks, such as the caring for children and the home, closely liked to the traditional role of (non-disabled) women. It is argued that this can be understood as a means of counterbalancing an early acquired role of the passive recipient. Alongside a positive identification with the group of 'the disabled', the interviewees strive towards being seen as something other than disabled, i.e. as women.
Disabled women and reproductive rights
- Authors:
- KALLIANES Virginia, RUBENFELD Phyllis
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(2), April 1997, pp.203-221.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Both the women's and disability rights movements have paid scant attention to the concerns of disabled women, especially involving sexuality, reproductive freedom and mothering. Disabled feminists often support 'reproductive rights', but also have different perspectives on abortion and reproductive technologies than non-disabled feminists. Existing literature indicates that the reproductive rights of disabled women are constrained by: the assumption that disabled women are asexual; lack of reproductive health care, contraception, and sexuality information; and, social resistance to reproduction and mothering among disabled women. Discusses the issues of women's disability rights in the context of the feminist and civil rights movements.