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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1413-6538</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. bras. educ. espec.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1413-6538</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Educação Especial - ABPEE]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1413-65382010000200002</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Desfazendo mitos para minimizar o preconceito sobre a sexualidade de pessoas com deficiências]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Cláudia Bortolozzi]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ribeiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paulo Rennes Marçal]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
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<aff id="A">
<institution><![CDATA[,  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2010</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2010</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>02</numero>
<fpage>159</fpage>
<lpage>176</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1413-65382010000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1413-65382010000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1413-65382010000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Este texto aborda a presença de idéias preconceituosas sobre a sexualidade de pessoas com deficiência discorrendo, de modo critico e reflexivo, sobre diversos mitos, tais como: (1) pessoas com deficiência são assexuadas: não têm sentimentos, pensamentos e necessidades sexuais; (2) pessoas com deficiência são hiperssexuadas: seus desejos são incontroláveis e exacerbados; (3) pessoas com deficiência são pouco atraentes, indesejáveis e incapazes para manter um relacionamento amoroso e sexual; (4) pessoas com deficiência não conseguem usufruir o sexo normal e têm disfunções sexuais relacionadas ao desejo, à excitação e ao orgasmo; (5) a reprodução para pessoas com deficiência é sempre problemática porque são pessoas estéreis, geram filhos com deficiência ou não têm condições de cuidar deles. A crença nesses mitos revela um modo preconceituoso de compreender a sexualidade de pessoas com deficiência como sendo desviante a partir de padrões definidores de normalidade e isso se torna um obstáculo para a vida afetiva e sexual plena daqueles que são estigmatizados pela deficiência. Esclarecer esses mitos é um modo de superar a discriminação social e sexual que prejudica os ideais de uma sociedade inclusiva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[This article discusses the presence of prejudice regarding the sexuality of people with disabilities. The issues that are described in a critical and reflective manner include various myths, such as: (1) people with disabilities are asexual: they have no feelings, thoughts and sexual needs, (2) people with disabilities have hightened sexuality: their desires are uncontrollable and exacerbated, (3) people with disabilities are unattractive, undesirable and unable to love and have sexual relationship, (4) people with disabilities are unable to enjoy normal sex and have sexual dysfunctions related to desire, excitement and orgasm, (5) reproduction for people with disabilities is always problematic because they are infertile, have children with disability or are unable to care of them. Belief in these myths reveals a biased understanding of sexuality of disabled people, seen as deviant, from normal standards. This is a barrier to affection and sex fulfillment for those who are stigmatized by disability. Clarifying these myths is a way of overcoming social and sexual discrimination that hinders the ideal of an inclusive society.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Educação Especial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Sexualidade]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Deficiências]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Preconceito]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Mitos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Special Education]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Disabilities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prejudice]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Myths]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <h2>Desfazendo mitos para minimizar o preconceito sobre a  sexualidade de pessoas com defici&ecirc;ncias.</h2> <h3>Dispelling myths to  minimize prejudice about the sexuality of people with disability.</h3>     <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>Ana Cl&aacute;udia Bortolozzi Maia, Paulo Rennes Mar&ccedil;al Ribeiro</h4>     <p>&nbsp;</p> </font>      ]]></body><back>
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