I have a theory about sexuality and spinal cord injuries. I believe that the lower the injury level or higher the function is for SCI individuals the more attractive women or men will be to that person. Though I hold no grudge against paraplegics or low level quadriplegics, I think it is so much easier to introduce yourself to women and break the ice as well as develop a relationship when that person is not confronted with a bulky electric chair etc.. I might be wrong and I hope I am but does it not just seems paraplegics have it so much easier. Not only from personal observation but in advice columns I read, magazines and even on the covers of disability magazines, all I see or read about his couples who are paraplegics or low level quadriplegics/higher functioning.
I never read about quadriplegics with very little function either through their neck or upper arms getting the girl.
What do you think? Please prove me wrong
Dillon
Dillon....i think ur theory is right GENERALLY, but not always. People are drawn for all different motives...some not so good!! I'm c5c6, but look like a para...push chair, no side arms, can push fairly well, so these things do help me, but i think when a girl gets the idea i'm much more disabled in my hands than she thinks it can really blow it...but i have had many girls sexually post injury, most get over the chair quick, but u might be right, it's not as cumbersome as power chair...i mean, they can usually sit on my lap facing me, one leg on each side of me...i put my arms around the small of their waist.
I've thought a lot about power vs pushchair, and i know it would knock a hole in my attractiveness if i were in power. Still, being attractive isn't everything...i'm still a quad that gets his heart broken ocassionly...broke a few in my time too, so what comes around goes round.
-tony c5c6 24 yrs post car vs tree
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