To browse Academia. The idea of sex and sexuality education in schools is no doubt an intense debate, and issues of who does the teaching, where, how and who is taught; are central to the argument. Schools are important sites for the production and regulation of sexual identities both within the school and beyond. However, schools go to great lengths to forbid expression of sexuality by both children and teachers.
Human sexuality is an interesting issue for the young and the old, the layman and the academic alike, even though it is still closeted in many African societies including Lesotho. In this paper I explore and describe the experiences of youth with physical disabilities and how they construct their sexual identities.
Data were collected during individual interviews with grade 12 learners living with disabilities, who are members of the Phomolong Support Group in Maseru. The transcribed interviews were analyzed through descriptive analysis. This paper recognizes that sexuality is shaped during childhood and that prevailing views on disability and the proper conduct of sexual relations within society are critical in forming the sexuality of people with disabilities.
This paper reports on a research project carried out in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa that examines the viewpoints of two communities on disability.
Ten young people and ten parents participated in multiple individual interviews as well as in focus group discussions. The analysis of audio taped and transcribed responses identified common experiences and perceptions among participants. The decisions and choices they make about sexual behaviour are not informed by what they know; rather, they are part of the whole life situation in Nyanga.
