Quare studies, disabled sex PDF

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Quare Studies ● This was my group’s presentation, and our powerpoint is on blackboard :) Disabled Sex Thinking sex: the charmed Circle ● Able-bodied vs. Disabled body ○ Inside circle is able-bodied, heterosexual sex, normate sex ○ Outside circle ■ Everything else ● Sex panics ○ Abnormal individuals were seen as a threat to public hygiene; queer addicts and sex workers out of control would infect everyone ● There is a wide variety of sexual practices as well as individuals ○ In the realm of disabilities, the author includes non-abled bodies Disabled State: Distributive Dilemma ● Is it socially acceptable to have distributive justice? ● Distributive system ○ Work based: advantages in workplace ○ Need based: Public accommodations Issues of a distributed system ● Everyone must be categorized; able vs. disabled ● We must have a social construct to categorize people by ● Capitalist societies have to maintain the dominance Privileged ID ● Individuals who receive additional assistance from the gov. Past public accommodations ○ Privileged identity which has emerged because disability is used as a measureable (they switched slides before I could finish this) Sex Surrogacy ● In 2001 Hennie van den Witten boer won a legal battle to receive assistance from the government to pay for him to have sex with a sex worker Prim Fortuyn ● Disability and sex come together around the states ● Openly gay politician running for membership in parliament, Assassinated in 2002 by Volkert van der Gaaf ● As this occurred with the queer community, the same can be seen with disability studies...