Vol. 124 No. 6
THE STRUCTURAL DESEXUALIZATION OF DISABILITY
Sexuality is integral to the human experience. Yet choices related to sexuality—sex, intimate relationships, marriage, pleasure, and childbearing—are often controlled for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Discourse on sexuality primarily focuses on acts of sexual violence against this community, emphasizing a victim–perpetrator binary. This binary view directs legal and policy efforts to ameliorate this sexual violence,[...]