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Erschienen in: Sexuality Research and Social Policy 3/2021

13.08.2020

Systematized Review and Meta-synthesis of the Sterilization of Women with Disabilities in the Field of Social Science: from Macroeugenics to Microeugenics

verfasst von: Mª de las Mercedes Serrato Calero, Ángel M. Delgado-Vázquez, Rosa M. Díaz Jiménez

Erschienen in: Sexuality Research and Social Policy | Ausgabe 3/2021

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Abstract

Background

The forced sterilization of women with disabilities has been a common practice throughout the world, hindering the sexual and reproductive freedom of a significant part of the female population.

Methods

In this paper, carried out between 2018 and 2019, we will perform a systematized review of this phenomenon in order to find out the scientific contributions on this matter in the field of Social Science, explore whether this practice is linked to one or more forms of violence, and analyze whether it is identified with specific disability typologies. For that purpose, we performed searches on three different bibliographic databases: Social Work Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and Social Services Abstracts, focusing on the disciplinary origin of the analysis. The research focusing on the forced sterilization of women with disabilities was selected, while those pertaining to other groups subjected to involuntary sterilization were ignored. After an evaluation phase, we obtained 98 research papers that were then subjected to the synthesis and analysis phases, following the SALSA Framework review methodology.

Results

The main findings indicate that on how the macroeugenics carried out during the nineteenth century has continued up until today as microeugenics, setting up the required situation for the continuation of forced sterilization.

Conclusions

This and other results provided significant data about the state of the matter in the field of Social Sciences, establishing the basis to organize further research about a phenomenon that has still not been sufficiently studied.

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1
Despite the fact that nowadays, certain trends of theoretical activism are starting to use the term “Functional Diversity”, we opted not to use it in this work, due to its academic rebuttal not being properly established, and also due to the lack of general use of the term, which limits the identification of the analysis units.
 
2
For additional information, we recommend looking up the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, Istanbul Convention of 2011, article 39, Council of Europe Treaty Series – No. 210.
 
3
The list is annexed to this document (see Annex 1)
 
4
The idea of microeugenics was already introduced by Barbara K. Rothman in 1998, in a publication called “Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The limits of science in understanding who we are”, edited by W. W. Norton & Company.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Systematized Review and Meta-synthesis of the Sterilization of Women with Disabilities in the Field of Social Science: from Macroeugenics to Microeugenics
verfasst von
Mª de las Mercedes Serrato Calero
Ángel M. Delgado-Vázquez
Rosa M. Díaz Jiménez
Publikationsdatum
13.08.2020
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Sexuality Research and Social Policy / Ausgabe 3/2021
Print ISSN: 1868-9884
Elektronische ISSN: 1553-6610
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-020-00488-0

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