Women with Disabilities: The Cultural Context of Disability, Feminism, Able-Bodied Privilege, and Microaggressions

Palombi, Barbara J.

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“…In two studies on appearance compliments (Kahalon, Shnabel, & Becker, ), the authors suggest that appearance compliments subtly perpetuate gender inequality. Supposed compliments about looks convey the message that attractiveness and disability are opposites and that impairment is inherently negative (Palombi, ). Able‐bodied privilege leads to an irrational sense of entitlement, including the right to pass judgment on PWD.…”

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“…Able‐bodied privilege leads to an irrational sense of entitlement, including the right to pass judgment on PWD. Ableism is the foundational belief system that leads to oppression and microaggressions (Palombi, ).…”

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“…Visibility was most often introduced by assistive devices, such as canes, crutches, or wheelchairs, but those visual markers only reinforced disabled stereotypes of inability and weakness. Women with disabilities who were in the workplace found “restricted educational opportunities, discriminatory hiring, biased performance evaluations, job tracking, pay inequities, lack of support and mentoring, negative attitudes, chilly workplace climates, lack of accommodations, and general discouragement” (Noonan et al., 2004, as cited in Palombi, , p. 208).…”

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“…We were curious about gendered disability microaggressions, just as there might be gendered racism (Carr, Szymanski, Taha, West, & Kaslow, ). And women with disabilities experience higher rates of poverty, social isolation, and victimization than do men with disabilities (Palombi, ).…”

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The Experiences of Microaggressions against Women with Visible and Invisible Disabilities

Olkin

Hayward

Abbene

et al. 2019

Journal of Social Issues

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Only two prior studies have examined the experiences of microaggressions for persons with disabilities. Our study was specific to women with both visible and invisible disabilities. Using mixed methods, we asked about the frequency and bothersomeness of microaggression experiences, and in six focus groups with a total of 30 women, we gained more depth about those experiences. Guiding the semistructured focus groups were the 10 domains of microaggressions reported by Keller and Galgay. The women were over age 18 and had either a visible (77%) or hidden disability (33%). Eight (27%) were women of color. Findings supported the previous 10 domains, but we found two additional microaggressions: symptoms not being believed by medical professionals and thus delaying diagnosis, and disability being discounted by others based on looking healthy or young. We make five policy recommendations: (i) curriculum on unconscious bias against women and people with disabilities for medical professionals; (ii) targeted public campaigns to reduce specific types of microaggressions; (iii) changes to public transportation systems to increase accessibility; (iv) journal policy changes to encourage more attention to intersectionality in studies; and (v) greater transparency in psychotherapy about disability-friendly practices.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Experiences of Microaggressions against Women with Visible and Invisible Disabilities

Olkin

Hayward

Abbene

et al. 2019

Journal of Social Issues

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“…Such findings would be consistent with the double jeopardy hypothesis (Berdahl & Moore, ), which suggests that people with multiple stigmatized identities experience increased discrimination with each additional devalued status. As preliminary support for this hypothesis, previous research has shown that women with disabilities tend to experience higher rates of poverty, social isolation, and victimization than men with disabilities (Palombi, ).…”

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Consequences of Confronting Patronizing Help for People with Disabilities: Do Target Gender and Disability Type Matter?

Wang

Walker

Pietri

et al. 2019

Journal of Social Issues

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People with disabilities face a dilemma in dealing with patronizing help: Although accepting unsolicited assistance can incur psychological costs, confronting the helper has been shown to incur interpersonal penalties. The present research explored whether the consequences of confronting patronizing help vary across target gender and disability type. A vignette paradigm introduced participants to various interactions between adults with and without disabilities. Study 1 (N = 137) showed that, when blind targets confronted help that was clearly patronizing, they were rated as ruder and less warm after (vs. before) confronting regardless of their gender. Study 2 (N = 368) showed that, although both blind and wheelchairusing targets were rated as less warm and ruder after (vs. before) confronting, blind targets were penalized more, and patronizing behavior toward blind targets was perceived as more appropriate. These results highlight the importance of considering intersectionality and cross-disability heterogeneity when examining the multifaceted experience of ableism.

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Nursing privilege: A concept analysis

Abujaber,

Nashwan

2024

Nursing Open

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AimThe study aimed to provide a comprehensive concept analysis of nursing privileges by elucidating its meaning and implications within the healthcare context.DesignA concept analysis paper.MethodsA comprehensive literature review was conducted from nursing and healthcare databases, professional nursing organizations, and regulatory bodies. Documents reviewed include research studies, policy documents and professional guidelines. The study employed Walker and Avant's eight‐step method of concept analysis. This involved identifying the uses of the concept, its underlying attributes and referents, and constructing model, borderline, related and contrary cases. The antecedents, consequences and empirical referents of nursing privileges were also determined.ResultsThe analysis uncovered vital attributes defining nursing privileges, encompassing professional authority, autonomy, access to resources, information, influence, decision‐making power, respect and recognition. Additionally, antecedents and consequences of nursing privilege were identified, spanning development and resource access, as well as professional satisfaction and enhanced patient care.Patient or Public ContributionNo patient or public contribution.

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Women with Disabilities: The Cultural Context of Disability, Feminism, Able-Bodied Privilege, and Microaggressions

Cited by 11 publications

References 84 publications

The Experiences of Microaggressions against Women with Visible and Invisible Disabilities

The Experiences of Microaggressions against Women with Visible and Invisible Disabilities

Consequences of Confronting Patronizing Help for People with Disabilities: Do Target Gender and Disability Type Matter?

Nursing privilege: A concept analysis

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