Category: sexuality
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We’re All Normal, And Other Sexy Scientific Facts
We’re all normal. let me repeat that, we’re all normal. Our bodies are normal. Our relationships are normal. Our sexual desires are normal. Our sex lives are normal. Note: This only applies if you don’t use sex as a weapon. If you do,stop…just stop. * Emily Nagoski is the Wellness Education Director at Smith College.…
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The Erasure of Sexuality in the Health Care System
When was the last time you felt comfortable asking about your sexual health, or mentioning your sexual relationship, at the doctor’s office? Sexuality is always a potential part of healthcare – we don’t usually leave our feelings, our relationships, our reproductive choices or experiences, and all the other pieces that can be part of our…
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The Kylie Jenner Photo Shoot Is Confused about Sex and Disability Tropes
We need to talk about the fact that Kylie Jenner, a conventionally beautiful able-bodied woman who fits societal standards of beauty in almost every way is allowed to be sexy and edgy in a wheelchair, when that reality is so often denied to many wheelchair using women. We need to talk about the fact that…
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Film Friday: An Invitation to Jam
This week’s film gives us a fresh way to look at sex. A sexual “jam” is for everyone. It’s a way of looking at sex and sexuality that makes room for different bodies and minds, as well as different desires, needs, and preferences. Karen B.K. Chan proposes that we look at having sex as like…
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Ready, Sexy, Able July News Round-Up
Welcome to the Ready, Sexy, Able news round-up for July. This month we have news and opinions from all over the world, about everything from sexual health rights for disabled people to the changes that can happen in a relationship after disability. I have also included some sex education articles that aren’t disability-specific, as well…
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Sexual Expression Is a Meaningful Activity, Too
I wrote the following post in March 2014, after attending Mara Levy‘s talk, Problem-Solving Sex with Disability at the Catalyst Conference. Mara Levy is an Occupational Therapist (OT) in Washington DC. Occupational therapists help people who’ve experienced injury or illness to return to activities that are meaningful to them—activities like walking, driving, working, crafting, and…
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Sexualities and People With Intellectual Disabilities
This was originally written and published in late August, 2014 after I attended Jessica Naslund’s workshop, Healthy Relationships and Sexuality: A Systemic Approach to Supporting People with Cognitive Disabilities, at The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit. Workshop description: As practitioners and educators we are guiding individuals through their unique sexual journeys. People with cognitive disabilities have…
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Sexuality. Disability. Not so different after all.
Talking about sexuality and disability is a big deal. Until recently, most of what we saw in mainstream media were reports of disabled people being abused and assaulted, or syrupy-sweet feel-good stories about a person with a disability in a romantic relationship which (gasp!) included sex. Sex, and disability, as experiences, are assumed to be…