GSFS 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Essentialism, Open Relationship, Asexuality
4 Jun 2018
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Lecture 11:
Disability and sexuality
Discussed crip theory:
Based off the idea of queer theory that challenges binaries
Crip theory challenges binary of able bodied and not
Reclamation of the word crip
Social vs medical model of disability:
Medical:
Person has a disability and impacts the way they go through the world
Social:
It’s a disability because of the way society is structured like someone who can’t walk is disabled
when we make stairs
A way of thinking about how the world disables people and people are disabled- a framework
Eugenics movement:
Social Darwinism that only the fit will survive and apply that to humans
For forced sterilization of people- nazi’s used this philosophy
US government sterilized people who were disabled and criminals so they couldn’t pass down
their genes
Stereotypes that people that are disabled faced
This dichotomy with the stereotypes and how people with disabled lives are casted and legislated
over with laws
Video on sex and disability
The history of aids
Video of the history of act up and organizing around aids
Other groups of people highly surveiled by society
Intersex- hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite is both male and female genitals at once which doesn’t describe all intersex
people
A lot or intersex surgeries that have no consent
Surgery with intersex individuals brings up a lot of talk
Grown up and didn’t find out until later that they were intersex and said they wouldn’t have
wanted it
Issues with constant infections and other infections and a lot of side effects
Sometimes the language- links made between people who are intersex and transgender
Sometimes confusion around the two groups
Surgeries are done to them as children whereas transgender community trying to advocate for
surgeries
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Document Summary
Based off the idea of queer theory that challenges binaries. Crip theory challenges binary of able bodied and not. Person has a disability and impacts the way they go through the world. It"s a disability because of the way society is structured like someone who can"t walk is disabled when we make stairs. A way of thinking about how the world disables people and people are disabled- a framework. Social darwinism that only the fit will survive and apply that to humans. For forced sterilization of people- nazi"s used this philosophy. Us government sterilized people who were disabled and criminals so they couldn"t pass down their genes. This dichotomy with the stereotypes and how people with disabled lives are casted and legislated over with laws. Video of the history of act up and organizing around aids. Other groups of people highly surveiled by society. Hermaphrodite is both male and female genitals at once which doesn"t describe all intersex people.
