Gender, Society, and Sexuality

Abstract

This book is unique for multiple reasons. The overlap between sexuality and disability is not a common topic for scholarly articles, and even less common in the context of legal impediments to the free exercise of sexual autonomy. While we are writing to try to shed some light on this neglected field, we also believe that the issues inherent in a discussion about sexuality must be understood in their broader context. This requires knowledge of gender, sex, social constructs, and the fluidity of these concepts, as well as enough historical information to adequately contextualize a modern discussion of these issues. A sociologically focused discussion of the history of sexuality, the gender dynamics always at play in issues of sex and sexuality, and the ways in which stereotypes and biases intersect and overlap within various populations must take place in order to more fully understand all the dimensions of this topic.