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History of Feminism

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redqueen

(115,185 posts)
Thu Jan 30, 2014, 05:48 PM Jan 2014

Disabled people do have sex lives. Get over it. [View all]

Wow, this guy really spells it all out!


We don't need to exploit prostitutes to have sex – but we do need equality in society for the myths to be debunked

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The debate around disability, sex and using prostitutes is nothing new. The initial rhetoric is always the same: "Those poor disabled people who can't get sex. It's tragic, really." From there, opinion usually splits between liberals who are happy for disabled people to frequent brothels, feminists who reluctantly disagree, and a few people who admit to finding the idea of disabled people having sex a bit icky. Everyone agrees, uncritically, that being disabled means sex is scarce.

Those assumptions are loaded with prejudice and myth, and some debunking would be in order:

• Assumption 1: It's tragic but inevitable that disabled people can't find sexual partners.

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http://disabilitymessageboard.blogspot.com/2010/09/disabled-people-do-have-sex-lives-get.html?m=1


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