The fact is that much is talked about the right of the handicapped to have a place to live in, to work and study, in short, to lead an independent life. Still very few dare to speak about the problem of "disability and sexuality".

"Cogito ergo, sum" said Descartes in the sense that we exist and percept ourselves as we are, not only because we have our bodies and needs connected with it, but simply because we think about and of ourselves; we are aware of ourselves.

Before Descartes, Plato and Christianity made sure the body and corporality became marginalized, meaning that spirituality became the centre of one's concern. Of course, existance solely on the basis of spirituality is impossible.

With Freud and his psychoanalysis our bodies again acquire some of its former value. A set of mechanisms is thus discovered, which is not governed by us, rather we are governed by them; what we discover, is the idea of subconscious.

Elena Pečarič