Disability & Sexuality within the Media: Tonight we explored the area of disability and sexuality within the media. How in society people with disabilities are viewed through the media. For instance, should they have a sex life, can they? The question around family and having children, the barriers they may face as a result. We looked at the media’s portrayal of disability and sexuality. Is it appropriate, is it getting the message out there or is it just voyeurism? In today’s society people with either a physical or an intellectual disability are often regarded as non-sexual. In Irish society where it has been said that there was no sex in Ireland before the Late Late Show, discussing sex has long been a taboo subject not a mind sex and disability. The World Health Organization states that "Sexuality is an integral part of the personality of everyone: man, woman and child; it is a basic need and aspect of being human that cannot be separated from other aspects life" (World Health Organisation, …show more content…
The male leader couldn’t believe that she did such a thing and surprised that she would do such a thing. Along with this I could observe his discomfort around what had happened and what he should do about it if anything. After everything we discussed in class, it got me thinking if it had been a ‘normal’ young woman that he met out in a pub or nightclub, would he have been as stunned. Subsequently, I reasoned perhaps he did not think of her as being sexual, or that she would have thoughts like this and perhaps in his eyes she was more of a child rather than an adult similar in age to him. He was completely unaware that she might be attracted to him or even have such