Social And Political Economy Approach

To accomplish the question, the assignment is divided into five sections. It first provides an overview of sexuality and everyday lives from people with disabilities perspective. In section 2 and 3, this assignment examines how do two different approaches: the public health framework and the political economy approach has played out in disabled people’s sexual behavior and attitude based on lack of sex education, limited access to health services, and non-disabled majority’s attitude, by exploring two cases: US schools and South Korea. In the subsequent section, this assignment further analyzes the way in which the pleasure approach changes our understanding concerning people with disabilities and their behaviors toward sexuality in terms of …show more content…
As the approach is interrelated, government officials might not address the issue in a separated aspect. Instead, it is essential to understand the existing condition from both social and political perspectives (Anthias, 2013). In the discussion on sexuality, instead of simply judging sexuality (Foucault, 1979, as cited in Shildrick, 2007), “state intervention and control, with sociopolitical instruments” (Shildrick, 2007, p.54) might regulate individual’s behavior. As a public concern, sexuality is “at the heart of govern-mentity” (Shildrick, 2007, p.55). States establish mechanism in sexuality into sociocultural order. States make polities construct sex acts (Anthias, 2013; Gottlieb, 1984). States also confine disabled individuals’ sexual behavior politically and …show more content…
One of the main reasons for this is sexual desire. The discussion on sexual pleasure and desire, however, seldom includes people with disabilities. These people are forgotten and categorized into the type of sexless. The pleasure approach to some extent changes our attitude and views toward disabled people. Not only do disabled people are capable of having functional sex, but also experiencing sexual pleasure. Not only do persons with disabilities desire to have sex, but also have ability to give birth and to be parents (Bernert, 2010; Bernert and Ogletree, 2013; Bernstein, Visconti, Csorba, Radvanyi, and Rojahn, 2015; Kim, 2010; Liddiard, 2014; Mccarthy, 2014; Ostrander, 2008; Shildrick, 2007). Thus, sex is not only to give birth, but also share love and enjoy pleasure (Naphtali and MacHattue, 2009). The case of women with intellectual disabilities in the US highlights the importance of respecting sexual desire in disabled