The Issue of Gender in Relation to Mental Distress: Reflections on the Gendered Character of Disability and Resistance
Neither gender studies nor disability research/disability studies have explored gender to a great extent, especially in relation to disabled men or disabled women. In this article we reflect upon the issue of gender in relation to experiences of mental distress by drawing explicitly on some powerful...
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Stockholm University Press
2018-05-01
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| description | Neither gender studies nor disability research/disability studies have explored gender to a great extent, especially in relation to disabled men or disabled women. In this article we reflect upon the issue of gender in relation to experiences of mental distress by drawing explicitly on some powerful narratives. Those narratives are argued to show the gendered character of disability and resistance; and display that the social forces and processes that construct and give shape to disability and gender are closely intermeshed. We argue that the gendered character of disablism and resistance should be further studies in the light of the new theoretical development that has been created, because gender matters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-903a7a018f16484ebb9e6b99d16db7612023-09-03T03:33:56ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Disability Research1501-74191745-30112018-05-0120123824610.16993/sjdr.17497The Issue of Gender in Relation to Mental Distress: Reflections on the Gendered Character of Disability and ResistanceAnn-Charlott Timander0Anders Möller1Department of Social Work, Gothenburg University, GothenburgCampus Bräcke, Ersta Sköndal University College, GothenburgNeither gender studies nor disability research/disability studies have explored gender to a great extent, especially in relation to disabled men or disabled women. In this article we reflect upon the issue of gender in relation to experiences of mental distress by drawing explicitly on some powerful narratives. Those narratives are argued to show the gendered character of disability and resistance; and display that the social forces and processes that construct and give shape to disability and gender are closely intermeshed. We argue that the gendered character of disablism and resistance should be further studies in the light of the new theoretical development that has been created, because gender matters.https://www.sjdr.se/articles/17genderdisabilityoppressionmental distressresistance |
| spellingShingle | Ann-Charlott Timander Anders Möller The Issue of Gender in Relation to Mental Distress: Reflections on the Gendered Character of Disability and Resistance Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research gender disability oppression mental distress resistance |
| title | The Issue of Gender in Relation to Mental Distress: Reflections on the Gendered Character of Disability and Resistance |
| title_full | The Issue of Gender in Relation to Mental Distress: Reflections on the Gendered Character of Disability and Resistance |
| title_fullStr | The Issue of Gender in Relation to Mental Distress: Reflections on the Gendered Character of Disability and Resistance |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Issue of Gender in Relation to Mental Distress: Reflections on the Gendered Character of Disability and Resistance |
| title_short | The Issue of Gender in Relation to Mental Distress: Reflections on the Gendered Character of Disability and Resistance |
| title_sort | issue of gender in relation to mental distress reflections on the gendered character of disability and resistance |
| topic | gender disability oppression mental distress resistance |
| url | https://www.sjdr.se/articles/17 |
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