The Great Leveler: Gender and the Institutionalized Disabled on Faith and Disability

Gender similarities and differences are examined among disabled persons who are institutionalized using an ethnographic study already published (O'Connor et al., 1998). The sample in the study is 26 participants with 16 being female and 10 being male. Gender differences arise around the importa...

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VerfasserInnen: Meakes, Elizabeth (VerfasserIn) ; O'Connor, Thomas St. James 1950- (VerfasserIn) ; Carr, Susan (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge 2002
In: Journal of religion, disability & health
Jahr: 2002, Band: 6, Heft: 1, Seiten: 37-46
weitere Schlagwörter:B Theology
B Feminism
B Men
B Gender
B physical disabilities
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Zusammenfassung:Gender similarities and differences are examined among disabled persons who are institutionalized using an ethnographic study already published (O'Connor et al., 1998). The sample in the study is 26 participants with 16 being female and 10 being male. Gender differences arise around the importance of relationships and the experience of the wheelchair. There is a lack of awareness of patriarchy, and both genders view a radical difference between disabled and able bodied, and not between the genders. Both genders fight for justice and use non-gender specific language to describe God. Disability in this sample tends to produce a level playing field between the genders.
ISSN:1522-9122
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1300/J095v06n01_04