“It is totally a power struggle”: Struggles over the sexuality of some intellectually disabled individuals in Southern Alberta.

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dc.contributor.authorSantinele Martino, Alan
dc.contributor.supervisorMalacrida, Claudia
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-03T20:18:03Z
dc.date.available2014-10-03T20:18:03Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-03
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the attitudes and experiences of five individuals with intellectual disabilities regarding their sexual expression and practices, and inquires whether and how their direct care workers impact these expressions and practices. Additionally, the attitudes and experiences of six direct care workers were analyzed. Drawing from standpoint theory, I explore the participants’ experiences as embedded in multifaceted social relations and power struggles. Intellectually disabled individuals discuss their struggles in developing sexual and romantic relationships, having privacy and control over their space, and dealing with workers and guardians who insist on speaking on their behalf. Conversely, direct care workers highlight their fear of discussing sexuality and getting in trouble with their organizations or the guardians or families of their clients. The experiences of these social actors indicate broader struggles that disempower them both, and reveal a culture commonly understands disability and sexuality as something that will land people in trouble.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3513
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.proquest.subject0626en_US
dc.proquest.subject0628en_US
dc.proquest.subject0344en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Sociology.
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)
dc.subjectintellectual disabilityen_US
dc.subjectsexualityen_US
dc.subjectstandpoint theoryen_US
dc.subjectdisability and sexualityen_US
dc.subjectAlberta, Canadaen_US
dc.subjectPeople with disabilities -- Sexual behavior
dc.subjectPeople with mental disabilities -- Sexual behavior
dc.subjectDevelopmentally disabled -- Sexual behavior
dc.subjectInterpersonal relations
dc.subjectCaregivers
dc.subjectDissertations, Academic
dc.title“It is totally a power struggle”: Struggles over the sexuality of some intellectually disabled individuals in Southern Alberta.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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