Can disabled people "do it?"

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Registered: 10-02-2004
Can disabled people "do it?"
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Sat, 10-02-2004 - 12:57am
Why do some people believe that disabled people are "asexual" or have a

limited, if not unfulfilling, sex life?

People who are physically, visually, or even mentally impaired, can and do

enjoy sex and be satisfying lovers, don't they?

Is there research on the sexuality of disabled people?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 10-05-2004 - 10:40pm
"Why do some people believe that disabled people are asexual or have a limited, if not unfulfilling, sex life?"

Because some disabled people DO have limited abilities to enjoy sex. Not all but some.

And some people believe that generality for the same reason that some men believe that women don't enjoy sex as much as they do or some women believe that men want sex all the time.

Like every false or general belief though, there is an element of truth in it, however small.

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Registered: 07-30-2004
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 8:40am
-I'd also like to point out that I think the OP was trying to indicate that dissabled people are often viewed as asexual, which is of course often not the case. People tend to think that they don't have sexual feelings or desires. I guess it is more comfortable for them to view it that way.
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Registered: 04-19-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 7:33pm

I agree that it is probably more comfortable for people to think this way.

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