Julia Bahner
Biographic Data
| ID | 174013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Bahner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Bahner |
| SIGNATURE | BAHNER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8526-3659 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Very Public Private Matter
Introduction This article explores how sexuality is conceptualised and managed in a Spanish residential care unit for recently injured people. The institution operates under the banner of independent living, a key belief of the international disabled people’s movement, which champions self-determination, autonomy, and control over their support. Methods A focused ethnography was conducted between September 2021 and February 2022, with semi-struct…
Who Counts as a Sexual Subject? The Impact of Ableist Rhetoric for People with Intellectual Disability in Sweden
Introduction The ableist rhetoric around sexuality in disability services and beyond can hinder subjective sexual expression and have a powerful impact on health, self-esteem, and everyday life through internalized ableism, structural marginalization, and interpersonal discrimination. The aim of this study was to explore the ableist rhetoric of sexuality and its impact on sexual scripting for people with intellectual disability. Methods A themati…
The Devil Is in the Details
Researchers With Benefits? Methodological and Ethical Challenges and Possibilities in Sexuality Research Within Marginalised Populations
While the qualitative research interview can be a relevant and effective method, it can also be highly demanding for both the researcher and the participant. In this paper we analyse the methodological and ethical challenges that can arise for sexuality researchers who conduct interviews with members of marginalised communities. We thereby aim to open a discussion and contribute with knowledge that we ourselves missed as doctoral students - and s…
Motivational Interviewing as Evidence-Based Practice? An Example from Sexual Risk Reduction Interventions Targeting Adolescents and Young Adults
This paper critically examines sexual risk reduction interventions, more specifically how they are evaluated and the implications that this has for sexual health policy. The focus is on motivational interviewing (MI) interventions which aim to promote protective behaviors related to sexual risk on the part of young people. MI has become increasingly popular, largely due to it being a highly flexible counseling approach that may, with adequate sta…
Cripping sex education
This paper analyses sexuality and relationship education (SRE) in a Swedish college programme aimed at young people with mobility impairments. Interviews and focus groups were conducted to explore students’ experiences of the structure, content and usefulness of SRE, and college personnel’s SRE practices. Results show that, although many of the issues covered are pertinent for all young people, being disabled raises additional concerns: for examp…
Risky business? Organizing sexual facilitation in Swedish personal assistance services
Despite nearly two decades of disability research highlighting the need to take greater account of disabled people's sexualities, sexuality is still largely a taboo subject in disability services, thus limiting service users’ possibilities to express their sexuality. In this article, I aim to show how Swedish personal assistance managers organize sexual facilitation, that is, assistance from personnel in service users’ sexual engagement. The arti…
Sexual professionalism
Sexuality is a taboo subject in disability services, leading to insecurity for both service users and personnel about how to handle upcoming situations. In Sweden, there is also a lack of policy in this area, highlighting the need to study sexuality both as an individual and a political, and in this case also, depoliticized issue. A critical feminist policy analysis reveals that norms around disability, sexuality and professionalism in a particul…
Sexual professionalism
Sexuality is a taboo subject in disability services, leading to insecurity for both service users and personnel about how to handle upcoming situations. In Sweden, there is also a lack of policy in this area, highlighting the need to study sexuality both as an individual and a political, and in this case also, depoliticized issue. A critical feminist policy analysis reveals that norms around disability, sexuality and professionalism in a particul…
Researchers With Benefits? Methodological and Ethical Challenges and Possibilities in Sexuality Research Within Marginalised Populations
While the qualitative research interview can be a relevant and effective method, it can also be highly demanding for both the researcher and the participant. In this paper we analyse the methodological and ethical challenges that can arise for sexuality researchers who conduct interviews with members of marginalised communities. We thereby aim to open a discussion and contribute with knowledge that we ourselves missed as doctoral students - and s…
Risky business? Organizing sexual facilitation in Swedish personal assistance services
Despite nearly two decades of disability research highlighting the need to take greater account of disabled people's sexualities, sexuality is still largely a taboo subject in disability services, thus limiting service users’ possibilities to express their sexuality. In this article, I aim to show how Swedish personal assistance managers organize sexual facilitation, that is, assistance from personnel in service users’ sexual engagement. The arti…
Sexual professionalism
Sexuality is a taboo subject in disability services, leading to insecurity for both service users and personnel about how to handle upcoming situations. In Sweden, there is also a lack of policy in this area, highlighting the need to study sexuality both as an individual and a political, and in this case also, depoliticized issue. A critical feminist policy analysis reveals that norms around disability, sexuality and professionalism in a particul…
Cripping sex education
This paper analyses sexuality and relationship education (SRE) in a Swedish college programme aimed at young people with mobility impairments. Interviews and focus groups were conducted to explore students’ experiences of the structure, content and usefulness of SRE, and college personnel’s SRE practices. Results show that, although many of the issues covered are pertinent for all young people, being disabled raises additional concerns: for examp…
Motivational Interviewing as Evidence-Based Practice? An Example from Sexual Risk Reduction Interventions Targeting Adolescents and Young Adults
This paper critically examines sexual risk reduction interventions, more specifically how they are evaluated and the implications that this has for sexual health policy. The focus is on motivational interviewing (MI) interventions which aim to promote protective behaviors related to sexual risk on the part of young people. MI has become increasingly popular, largely due to it being a highly flexible counseling approach that may, with adequate sta…
Who Counts as a Sexual Subject? The Impact of Ableist Rhetoric for People with Intellectual Disability in Sweden
Introduction The ableist rhetoric around sexuality in disability services and beyond can hinder subjective sexual expression and have a powerful impact on health, self-esteem, and everyday life through internalized ableism, structural marginalization, and interpersonal discrimination. The aim of this study was to explore the ableist rhetoric of sexuality and its impact on sexual scripting for people with intellectual disability. Methods A themati…
The Devil Is in the Details
Researchers With Benefits? Methodological and Ethical Challenges and Possibilities in Sexuality Research Within Marginalised Populations
While the qualitative research interview can be a relevant and effective method, it can also be highly demanding for both the researcher and the participant. In this paper we analyse the methodological and ethical challenges that can arise for sexuality researchers who conduct interviews with members of marginalised communities. We thereby aim to open a discussion and contribute with knowledge that we ourselves missed as doctoral students - and s…
A Very Public Private Matter
Introduction This article explores how sexuality is conceptualised and managed in a Spanish residential care unit for recently injured people. The institution operates under the banner of independent living, a key belief of the international disabled people’s movement, which champions self-determination, autonomy, and control over their support. Methods A focused ethnography was conducted between September 2021 and February 2022, with semi-struct…
Human sexuality (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works)