Ethical analysis of the right of persons with
intellectual disabilities to sexuality education
in Slovakia
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University in Nitra, Hodžova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic
Publication date: 2015-09-30
JoMS 2015;26(3):323-334
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ABSTRACT
The present study focuses on sexuality education as an integral part
of the fundamental right to education. It analyses relevant provisions of
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and highlights
related ethical issues. Study also shows that sexuality education is ideologically
saturated and morally charged topic in Slovakia. In this paper we
analyse context between social constructions of intellectual disability and
sexuality and their implication for sexuality education. We outline some
aspects of the right to sexuality education for persons with intellectual
disabilities and discuss cultural challenges and related ethical dilemmas
from the liberal point of view.