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Betty Alfred <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:56:24 EST
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In a message dated 02/12/2000 7:36:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< I believe this is another example of society's misconceptions about PWDs
and
 sexuality, among other things.

 1) People in WC's sexual parts don't function.
 2) People in WC's are harmless.
 As a sexual assault counselor for many years, I can tell you there are many
 ways to commit sex offenses w/o using the genitals. I do not believe that
 failure to prosecute criminal PWD's helps the image of the rest of PWD's.
 Just my 2 cents.Renee
 _ >>

Well Renee, I'll give you another one.  Someone told me a long time ago to be
wary of disabled men because they were sometimes oversexed.  Now that I am
disabled, even though I'm a woman, I sometimes wonder if people think that
about me.

Betty

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