TY - GEN digital ID - 131559604 TI - Sexuality, Disability, and the Law : Beyond the Last Frontier? AU - Perlin, Michael L. AU - Lynch, Alison J. PY - 2016 SN - 9781137481085 PB - New York Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Philosophical anthropology KW - Affective and dynamic functions KW - Ethics of family. Ethics of sexuality KW - Social sciences (general) KW - Social stratification KW - Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality KW - Sociology KW - Human rights KW - Private law KW - Medical law KW - Psycholinguistics KW - mensenrechten KW - psychologie KW - sociologie KW - sociale wetenschappen KW - seksualiteit KW - patiëntenrechten KW - gezondheidsrecht KW - sociale ongelijkheid KW - gender KW - burgerlijk recht KW - psycholinguïstiek UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131559604 AB - Sexuality, Disability, and the Law approaches issues of sexual autonomy and disability from multiple perspectives, including constitutional law, international human rights, therapeutic jurisprudence, history, cognitive psychology, dignity studies, and theories and findings on gender constructs and societal norms. Perlin and Lynch determine that if our society continues to assert that persons with mental disabilities possess a primitive morality, we allow ourselves to censor their feelings and their actions. By denying their ability and desires to show love and affection, we justify this disparate treatment. Our reliance on stereotypes has warped our attitudes and our policies, and has allowed us to avoid important issues of humanity and of dignity that should be at the basis of any policies that affect this population. ER -