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Withdrawn, strong, kind, but de-gendered: non-disabled South Africans’ stereotypes concerning persons with physical disabilities

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: The present paper examines stereotyping in relation to physical disability and gender in the South Africa. Cross-sectional data for the present study were gathered using free response items in a large survey (n = 1990) examining the attitudes of people without disability towards different facetsof sexuality and disability. The most prominent stereotypes found in thepresent study were those which characterised PWPD as withdrawn and shy, SuperCrips, or happy, funny, and kind. The findings in the present papersuggest that stereotypes of PWPD are not overwhelmingly de-sexualising, but are undifferentiated by gender.

Source: Disability & Society

DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2018.1498768

Authors: Xanthe Hunt, Leslie Swartz, Poul Rohleder, Mark Carew, Stine Hellum Braathen

Institutions: Stellenbosch University, University of East London, Leonard Cheshire, University College London, SINTEF

Language: English

Topic: Disability Rights and Representation

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Research Foundation