ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses specifically to defining the latter group and analyzes their effect on majority and minority relations. It examines the theoretical concepts of "minority status," "minority group," "the single minority group," "multiple minority statuses," "multiple minority group," and the "interaction effects of the multiple minority group." The chapter also analyzes one specific multiple minority group: physically disabled women. For this case study, physically disabled women must be seen as separate from, but related to, their "single minority groups" of women and the physically disabled. After defining these relationships theoretically, the chapter presents a brief review of the literature concerning physically disabled women and also examines the relationships of disabled women to the single minority groups. Disabled women are less likely to be stigmatized for their physical limitations than disabled males. As a result, disabled women may be more at ease with the able-bodied female subculture than their disabled male counterparts.
