I think we should do this given what the statistics show us, which is that while there is certainly, from a gender perspective, a rising issue among men, this is something that is affecting women in mind-boggling numbers. The consequence of this is that the gender analysis and feminist perspective become extremely important around understanding from both an historical perspective.... What's driving this? Again, I made reference to the media and I made reference to a lot of the things that put young women and women of all ages and disability and ability in a position of feeling that they have something to live up to in terms of an image.
I spoke a lot about our concerns around the fact that women with disabilities and deaf women, for example, are not portrayed in the media. The consequence is that they're searching constantly for someone and something against which to measure themselves and they don't find that. Again, I made the other point, which is that the feminist disability lens adds one more dimension to that, which is to understand that often what is a pressure on women with disabilities is to live up to something else, another standard, rather than being accepted and valued for who they are.