Addlakha, R. (2007). How young people with disabilities conceptualize the body, sex and marriage in urban India: Four case studies. Sexuality & Disability, 25(3), 111-123.
- “Instead of giving rights to citizens with disabilities and empowering them, a culture of charity and welfare has been systematically promoted in India since the colonial period” (p. 111).
- “A woman with a disability is considered incapable of fulfilling the normative feminine roles of homemaker, wife, and mother” (p. 112).
- “Furthermore, some believe there is no point investing in the education of a girl with disabilities since she will never be able to earn a living. She will eventually be a life-long burden on the natal family because marriage is also not a realistic option. So, it is economically unsound to invest in her education or vocational training” (p. 113).
- “The four informants express simultaneously experiencing varying levels of alienation in integrated settings, which finds expression in the sphere of intimate relationships” (p. 121).
- This study includes valuable information on perceptions of people with disabilities in India, including their sexual roles. It discusses heavily the fact that individuals with disabilities are marginalized and considered to have less of an active or meaningful role in society. The author also points out that females with disabilities are at an even greater disadvantage because of their gender role in Indian society. Overall, individuals with disabilities have been found, once again, to feel alienated and marginalized in a society that doesn’t know what to do with them.
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