Insiders or Outsiders: normalisation and women with learning difficulties
Insiders or Outsiders: normalisation and women with learning difficulties
This paper examines changing attitudes towards women with learning difficulties within the culture of normalisation. It builds on earlier critiques of the normalisation principle and, whilst welcoming these, argues the case for looking at women in particular. The authors review literature on sex education for people with learning difficulties to illustrate the ways in which gender has been ignored and women's sexuality has been treated. Writing from their perspective as lesbian feminists, they explore the oppressive nature of sex education in a culture that places a premium on normality. The paper ends with a discussion of alternative ways for women with learning difficulties to gain a sense of identity and belonging.
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Williams, Lindsey
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Nind, Melanie
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1 December 1999
Williams, Lindsey
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Nind, Melanie
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Williams, Lindsey and Nind, Melanie
(1999)
Insiders or Outsiders: normalisation and women with learning difficulties.
Disability and Society, 14 (5), .
(doi:10.1080/09687599926000).
Abstract
This paper examines changing attitudes towards women with learning difficulties within the culture of normalisation. It builds on earlier critiques of the normalisation principle and, whilst welcoming these, argues the case for looking at women in particular. The authors review literature on sex education for people with learning difficulties to illustrate the ways in which gender has been ignored and women's sexuality has been treated. Writing from their perspective as lesbian feminists, they explore the oppressive nature of sex education in a culture that places a premium on normality. The paper ends with a discussion of alternative ways for women with learning difficulties to gain a sense of identity and belonging.
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Published date: 1 December 1999
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ISSN: 0968-7599
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