Women with intellectual disabilities talk about their perceptions of sex

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-249

  Bernert, D J ^a   Ogletree, R J ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Intellectual disability; Intercourse; Sex education; Sexuality; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTIMACY; PERCEPTION; PLEASURE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE; COITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PERCEPTION; SEX EDUCATION; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873247732     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01529.x     Document Type: Article

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