Soldiers, Sex & Disability

One of my favourite sexuality bloggers, Cory Silverberg, posted about the recently released annual United States Army report on suicides. In the report there is a mention that the primary reason for suicide was failure with intimate relationships. In his post he notes how there is little discussion on how wounded soldiers (or even those who return from conflict without physical injuries) deal with their sexuality when they return home. It is a part of their recovery that is often neglected. Cory will be posting more about this issue in the coming days and I will be definitely be checking it out. I have acquaintances who are in the Canadian military and are involved or will be involved in the deployment to Afghanistan. While I have some serious mixed feelings about the mission itself I know I have strong feelings of support for the people involved. With every report I hear of the challenges they face, physically injured or not, the more I feel for them and their families. We so rarely talk about sex and disability. The general public does not know (or want to know or maybe even can know) how combat, injury and disability affects people’s sex lives, their love lives. Read more here.