Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1353/bsr.2023.a910429
Yulanda McCarty-Harris
Abstract: Sexual violence is one of the most visible, challenging, and vexing problems on college campuses. Further, research shows a history of racialized trauma—one that dates back to slavery and continues to bear witness to psychological harms of fear, self-blame, and guilt. In this historical context, Black undergraduate women who have been sexually assaulted often remain silent. Yet college administrators continue to respond to sexual violence from an identity-neutral and dominant narrative leaving women of color erased, hidden, or missing in the fight against campus sexual violence. Several studies have focused on sexual violence against women in college. Due to the lack of diversity in the research samples, this qualitative case study sought to illuminate Black women’s voices as they described their sexual violence experiences and reflected on the ways, if any, their intersecting identities (i.e., race and gender) impacted their sexual violence experiences while attending a Historically White Institution. Findings indicate that Black women described their sexual violence as psychologically impactful, socially isolating, overwhelming to report or seek help, faith evoking, compounded by social media and COVID-19, and leading to manifesting resilience. Findings also suggest that Black women’s intersecting identities related to gender and race affected their experience and led them to adhere to a culture of silence, evoke racial consciousness, and be viewed as hyper-sexualized. Based on the study findings, recommendations and implications are presented.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1353/bsr.2023.a910433
Tiffany Monique Quash, Angela K. Beale-Tawfeeq
Abstract: Research completed by Norwood (2010), Quash (2018), and Waller and Nor-wood (2009) examined the experiences of Black Womxn swimmers. These authors identified swimming participation’s constraints and its impact on Black Womxn in collegiate and/or recreational settings. Minimal research encompasses a summation of the generational and institutional experiences of Black Womxn Collegiate Swimmers from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) which no longer exist. Despite the success and experiences of Black Collegiate Swimmers and Olympians Lia Neal and Simone Manuel (both from Stanford University), and Natalie Hinds (from the University of Florida) who earned the top three places in the monumental 2015 Division I Swimming and Diving Championships (“ Three college swimmers make history at ncaa championship ,” 2015) from predominantly white institutions, little is known about one’s introduction to the sport, familial support, and the team culture as experienced by a Black Womxn swimmer and more so from an HBCU swimmer. This study was an opportunity to recognize the experiences of self-identified Black Womxn Collegiate Swimmers from Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the closure of these competitive swim programs. Noting the importance of race, gender, and class in a sport that is dominated by white cisgender men and womxn, this narrative inquiry study aims to provide a voice for Black Womxn who swam for athletic programs that Title IX, as a federal law, were unable to protect.
摘要:Norwood(2010)、Quash(2018)和Waller and Nor-wood(2009)完成的研究考察了黑人女子游泳运动员的经历。这些作者确定了在大学和/或娱乐环境中参加游泳的限制及其对黑人女性的影响。最小的研究包括来自历史上不再存在的黑人学院和大学(HBCUs)的黑人女性大学游泳运动员的代际和制度经验的总结。尽管黑人大学游泳运动员和奥运选手利亚·尼尔和西蒙娜·曼努埃尔(都来自斯坦福大学)以及娜塔莉·海因兹(来自佛罗里达大学)取得了成功和经验，他们在具有里程碑意义的2015年一级游泳和跳水锦标赛中获得了前三名(“三名大学游泳运动员在ncaa锦标赛上创造了历史，”2015年，在以白人为主的学校里，黑人女子游泳运动员和HBCU游泳运动员对这项运动的了解、家庭支持和团队文化知之甚少。这项研究是一个机会，让我们认识到来自传统黑人学院和大学的自我认同的黑人女性大学游泳运动员的经历，以及这些竞争性游泳项目的关闭。注意到种族、性别和阶级在一项由白人顺性别男性和女性主导的运动中的重要性，这项叙事研究性研究旨在为黑人女性提供一个声音，她们参加了第九条作为联邦法律无法保护的体育项目。
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Abstract:When I was in graduate school, I met a Black man! Before I knew his name, or anything about him, I was drawn to his energy. It was a chance meeting outside the Black Cultural Center. Little did I know then, God had a plan for this man and I. Eventually, I met this man. His name was Lewis. Only later did I remember the chance encounter. At first, we connected professionally based on our shared research about the Black community in Columbus, and we met … at the Black Cultural Center. The chance meeting, and our first meeting, however, would set the stage for our intellectual triumphs, professional challenges, community strength and most importantly, our shared love, intimacy and sexuality. While there is a body of literature that has examined the lived experiences of Black scholars in the academy, none of it has elucidated Black love, intimacy, and sexuality amongst two Black academics in Predominately White Institutions (Christian, 2017; Hendrix, 2021; Kuradusenge-McLeod, 2021; McFerguson, 2022; Mukandi & Bond, 2019; Stewart, 2020; Ward Randolph, 2010). This autoethnographic article explored love, intimacy and sexuality in the academy amongst two Black scholars. In this treatise, the author's musings focus on the love, intimacy and sexuality she shared with her late husband, a political scientist. She illuminated the significance of love, intimacy and sexuality in fostering productivity in the academy, how African American intellectuals addressed challenges through intimacy, and how love, intimacy and sexuality served as a protective and restorative shield that strengthened their communal bond in the hostile environment often accosting Black faculty in higher education which can amount to "state-based racist violence" (Mukundi & Bond, 2019, p. 254). In turn, shared love, intimacy and sexuality amongst these two academics highlights the need for them in the lives of Black faculty as a buffer against institutional violence in PWIs (Varel, 2018).
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Donna M. Cole, Felipe I. Agudelo, Salimah Sligh, Natalie Massenburg, T. Lipiner, B. Guthrie
Abstract:Racial residential segregation continues to serve as an influential driver of adverse health outcomes among African Americans, including a disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS. In this study, researchers sought to understand the experiences and perceptions of African American women living in a racially segregated city in the Northeastern region of the United States. All of the women interviewed were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. The study sought to better understand the coping and healing practices utilized by the women, as part of their illness management experience. Participants reported that they faced rejection after disclosing their diagnosis and expressed concerns related to stigma, trust in their healthcare providers, managing comorbidities, and restorative health practices that gave them agency in their healing process. Women in this study expressed managing their diagnosis with a great deal of resilience and perseverance by using their faith and religious practices as part of their illness management experience. The results of this study suggest that interventions that build upon current coping patterns based in empowerment and agency are necessary to decrease AIDS-related morbidity and mortality among African American women who reside in racially segregated communities.
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Abstract:Masturbation is one of the many taboo topics of sexuality (Kaestle & Allen, 2011; Kaminsky-Bayer, 2020). It is even more taboo for women, as masturbation research has predominantly focused on men (Kaminsky-Brayer, 2020). In this paper, masturbation is defined as a solo activity of genital self-stimulation for sexual pleasure (Coleman, 2003; Kaestle & Allen, 2011; Meiller & Hargons, 2019), and it has been found to have both physical and psychological benefits. Research has shown that women who masturbate have higher self-esteem (Hurlbert & Whittaker, 1991; Kaminsky-Bayer, 2020; Shulman & Horne, 2003; Smith et al., 1996), higher emotional intelligence (Burri et al., 2009; Kaminsky-Bayer, 2020), more favorable body image (Shulman & Horne, 2003), better genital self-image (Herbenick et al., 2011), and more sexual pleasure overall (Coleman, 2002; Herbenick et al., 2009; Sherrow, 2015; Shulman & Horne, 2003) compared to those who do not masturbate. However, female participants in masturbation research are predominantly White (Frank, 2010). Though most existing work does not predominantly focus on women or Black individuals, there is an emerging area of sex research that is exploring the experiences of marginalized populations. Black women have a unique experience as it pertains to masturbation that is shaped by their racial and gender identities. This paper is intended to examine how Black girls' and women's masturbatory ideas and behaviors are shaped by various independent and interlocking societal systems through an ecological lens. We will explore this using an ecological theory along with intersectional and sex–positive frameworks.
{"title":"Sex Redefined: Exploring the Effects of Masturbatory Messaging toward Black Girls and Women on Sexual Development and Practice","authors":"Alexcia M. Kilgore, Jonece Layne","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Masturbation is one of the many taboo topics of sexuality (Kaestle & Allen, 2011; Kaminsky-Bayer, 2020). It is even more taboo for women, as masturbation research has predominantly focused on men (Kaminsky-Brayer, 2020). In this paper, masturbation is defined as a solo activity of genital self-stimulation for sexual pleasure (Coleman, 2003; Kaestle & Allen, 2011; Meiller & Hargons, 2019), and it has been found to have both physical and psychological benefits. Research has shown that women who masturbate have higher self-esteem (Hurlbert & Whittaker, 1991; Kaminsky-Bayer, 2020; Shulman & Horne, 2003; Smith et al., 1996), higher emotional intelligence (Burri et al., 2009; Kaminsky-Bayer, 2020), more favorable body image (Shulman & Horne, 2003), better genital self-image (Herbenick et al., 2011), and more sexual pleasure overall (Coleman, 2002; Herbenick et al., 2009; Sherrow, 2015; Shulman & Horne, 2003) compared to those who do not masturbate. However, female participants in masturbation research are predominantly White (Frank, 2010). Though most existing work does not predominantly focus on women or Black individuals, there is an emerging area of sex research that is exploring the experiences of marginalized populations. Black women have a unique experience as it pertains to masturbation that is shaped by their racial and gender identities. This paper is intended to examine how Black girls' and women's masturbatory ideas and behaviors are shaped by various independent and interlocking societal systems through an ecological lens. We will explore this using an ecological theory along with intersectional and sex–positive frameworks.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"9 1","pages":"116 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49090581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This research paper explores how millennial women express their sexual agency in St. Kitts. Focus group discussions and interviews (n = 19) revealed that women see choice, consent and freedom from pressure as central to sexual agency; that media, age, inexperience, and societal expectations influenced their agency; and that sexual pleasure and identity became increasingly important to them over time. Women's understanding and actions of agency proved sometimes contradictory, and sexual agency was revealed to be a complex, ever-changing, and individual phenomenon. This study contributes to feminist research in the area of women's sexuality and among millennials—an area and group relatively understudied in the Caribbean. Adding to the limited body of research on St. Kitts done by Kittitians, the study is also significant in examining whether or not traditional gender socialization is being accepted or rejected by young women and provides critical insight for health, education and human rights policymakers, with insight about women's ability to be actors in matters related to sex (such as accessing sex education, negotiating contraceptive use and controlling family planning), and their ability to access and enjoy sexual rights.
{"title":"Doin' Me: Millennial Women's Expression of Sexual Agency in St. Kitts","authors":"Xavienne-Roma Richardson","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This research paper explores how millennial women express their sexual agency in St. Kitts. Focus group discussions and interviews (n = 19) revealed that women see choice, consent and freedom from pressure as central to sexual agency; that media, age, inexperience, and societal expectations influenced their agency; and that sexual pleasure and identity became increasingly important to them over time. Women's understanding and actions of agency proved sometimes contradictory, and sexual agency was revealed to be a complex, ever-changing, and individual phenomenon. This study contributes to feminist research in the area of women's sexuality and among millennials—an area and group relatively understudied in the Caribbean. Adding to the limited body of research on St. Kitts done by Kittitians, the study is also significant in examining whether or not traditional gender socialization is being accepted or rejected by young women and provides critical insight for health, education and human rights policymakers, with insight about women's ability to be actors in matters related to sex (such as accessing sex education, negotiating contraceptive use and controlling family planning), and their ability to access and enjoy sexual rights.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"9 1","pages":"45 - 78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46369718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Three qualitative case vignettes illustrate Black women leaders' application of relational competencies to assert culturally informed ethical values in organizational life. Theoretical frameworks of Patricia Hill Collins' (1994) theory of motherwork and Wilfred Bion's (1991) psycho-dynamics theory of group development guide the analysis of Black women's relational competencies. Methodologically, the data derive from the authors' use of phenomenological review of over three decades of corporate and non-profit consultancies. This methodology entailed uncensored story generation relative to the topic and culling of the story set guided by a rubric to screen for story features that exemplify group and relational competencies and ethical leadership. Findings identified recurring relational leadership themes of 1) Creating Safe Space for Breaking Silences, 2) Interrupting the Unsaid in Organizational Life and 3) Framing Organizational Dynamics within His/herstories of Injustice. Implications of these case findings for Black women's ethical leadership at the level of group relational competencies for 21st century organizations are shared.
摘要:三个定性案例说明了黑人女性领导者在组织生活中运用关系能力来维护文化知情的伦理价值观。Patricia Hill Collins(1994)的母性工作理论和Wilfred Bion(1991)的群体发展心理动力学理论的理论框架指导了黑人女性关系能力的分析。在方法上，数据来自作者使用现象学审查超过三十年的公司和非营利咨询。这种方法包含了与主题相关的未经审查的故事生成，以及在一个标题的指导下对故事集进行筛选，以筛选能够体现团队和关系能力以及道德领导力的故事特征。研究结果确定了反复出现的关系领导主题:1)为打破沉默创造安全空间;2)打断组织生活中未说的话;3)在他/她的不公正故事中构建组织动力学。在21世纪的组织中，这些案例发现对黑人女性在群体关系能力层面的道德领导的影响是共享的。
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Abstract:This article centers on the Love Jones Cohort, revealing the ways in which Black women understand and navigate their single status. The term "Love Jones Cohort" originates from the movie Love Jones (1997) and incorporates the common demographic term "cohort", which refers to a band of people. Characters in Love Jones are young, educated, Black professionals, who have never been married, are child-free, and live alone or with unmarried non-romantic friends. Following this movies' character demographics, this study draws from a Black feminist and intersectional analytical framework; and engages singlehood scholarship and aspects of politics of respectability through semi–structured interviews with Black women in the Love Jones Cohort. The two overarching research questions include: how do Black American women in the Love Jones Cohort view their single and living alone (SALA) status (choice, circumstance, or both); and in what ways do these Black women navigate their SALA status? Two main implications arise from this study. First, Black women's membership in the Love Jones Cohort can be due to choices, circumstances, or in many cases a combination of the two. Thus, to make judgments of their status based solely on individual behavior and without looking to structural context is shortsighted. Second, although Black women in the Love Jones Cohort might face mental health and well-being challenges, they have developed a variety of strategies prioritizing their safety.
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Abstract:This study explores the sexual agency of adolescent girls in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Using Black, Caribbean, and transnational feminist frameworks this work examines the genesis and complexity of adolescent girls' sexual agency, specifically how girls begin to develop ideas of sexual attraction and intimacy, messages they internalize from family and community, and the agentic ways they actualize their feelings and desires. It considers the historical, economic, and political contexts of postcolonial T&T, and implications for future exploration of young women's and girls' sexual agency, not only in T&T, but among Caribbean women in the Diaspora. Themes analyzed in this study demonstrated that girls were knowledgeable about intimacy and sex. They identified specific moments when they are aware of sexual attraction and distinguish from other forms of love. Most girls learn about sex from trusted adult relatives who are not their parents, from peers, biology, sexual and reproductive health and health and family life courses at school, and via the internet. They read the institutionalized environments as unresponsive to their concerns and interpret their parents' lack of communication or admonishments as signals that talk about sex is taboo. Consequently, they seek information outside of the purview of adults to satisfy their needs. They want to understand how to navigate trust and consent; how to choose good partners; how to balance their future goals with a desire to have intimacy and sexual relationships in the long run. By tapping into their personal desires and motivations around sex they manifest early forms of social and political agency.
{"title":"Claiming the Erotic and Intimate Self: The Sexual Agency of Adolescent Girls in Trinidad and Tobago","authors":"Leslie Foncette","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This study explores the sexual agency of adolescent girls in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Using Black, Caribbean, and transnational feminist frameworks this work examines the genesis and complexity of adolescent girls' sexual agency, specifically how girls begin to develop ideas of sexual attraction and intimacy, messages they internalize from family and community, and the agentic ways they actualize their feelings and desires. It considers the historical, economic, and political contexts of postcolonial T&T, and implications for future exploration of young women's and girls' sexual agency, not only in T&T, but among Caribbean women in the Diaspora. Themes analyzed in this study demonstrated that girls were knowledgeable about intimacy and sex. They identified specific moments when they are aware of sexual attraction and distinguish from other forms of love. Most girls learn about sex from trusted adult relatives who are not their parents, from peers, biology, sexual and reproductive health and health and family life courses at school, and via the internet. They read the institutionalized environments as unresponsive to their concerns and interpret their parents' lack of communication or admonishments as signals that talk about sex is taboo. Consequently, they seek information outside of the purview of adults to satisfy their needs. They want to understand how to navigate trust and consent; how to choose good partners; how to balance their future goals with a desire to have intimacy and sexual relationships in the long run. By tapping into their personal desires and motivations around sex they manifest early forms of social and political agency.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"9 1","pages":"117 - 148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41613777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonece Layne, Erika Sims, Amber M. Clunie, K. M. Woodson
Abstract:As early as 43 years ago, researchers began raising concerns about the deterioration of the Black family unit (Staples, 1979; Spanier & Glick, 1980; Teachman et al., 1987; Bronzaft, 1991; Washington & Newman, 1991; Porter & Bronzaft, 1995; Davis et al., 1997). Many pointed to instability among Black relationships as the root of the problem. There is data to support this theory: marriage rates among Black U.S. adults ages 25 and older dropped from 60% in 1970 to 35% in 2014 (Pew Research Center, 2016). Furthermore, increasing numbers of Black women have indicated their expectation to remain unmarried, from 7% in 1991 to 15% in 1995 (Bronzaft, 1991; Porter & Bronzaft, 1995). A potential contributing factor to this phenomenon can be found in a 1997 study of Black dating professionals' perceptions of their romantic relationships. The participants indicated equal levels of overall satisfaction among men and women, but women reported perceiving less equity and experiencing less ideal relationships than men (Davis et al., 1997). Present day, some of these beliefs and the overall downward trend in Black marriage have persisted. Black women are increasingly viewing marriage as a commitment that should not be pursued with just anyone, regardless of the potential social benefits of the partnership (Awosan & Hardy, 2017; Barros-Gomez & Baptist, 2014; Holland, 2009). Thus, Black singlehood is emerging as a conscious choice and a complex state for Black women across age domains (Moorman, 2020; Mouzon et al., 2020). So why are Black women using their agency to forgo marriage, and what communities are they building to replace the nuclear family?
{"title":"Selecting Singlehood and Creating Community: How Black Women are Reclaiming Agency and Defying Stereotypes","authors":"Jonece Layne, Erika Sims, Amber M. Clunie, K. M. Woodson","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.0003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:As early as 43 years ago, researchers began raising concerns about the deterioration of the Black family unit (Staples, 1979; Spanier & Glick, 1980; Teachman et al., 1987; Bronzaft, 1991; Washington & Newman, 1991; Porter & Bronzaft, 1995; Davis et al., 1997). Many pointed to instability among Black relationships as the root of the problem. There is data to support this theory: marriage rates among Black U.S. adults ages 25 and older dropped from 60% in 1970 to 35% in 2014 (Pew Research Center, 2016). Furthermore, increasing numbers of Black women have indicated their expectation to remain unmarried, from 7% in 1991 to 15% in 1995 (Bronzaft, 1991; Porter & Bronzaft, 1995). A potential contributing factor to this phenomenon can be found in a 1997 study of Black dating professionals' perceptions of their romantic relationships. The participants indicated equal levels of overall satisfaction among men and women, but women reported perceiving less equity and experiencing less ideal relationships than men (Davis et al., 1997). Present day, some of these beliefs and the overall downward trend in Black marriage have persisted. Black women are increasingly viewing marriage as a commitment that should not be pursued with just anyone, regardless of the potential social benefits of the partnership (Awosan & Hardy, 2017; Barros-Gomez & Baptist, 2014; Holland, 2009). Thus, Black singlehood is emerging as a conscious choice and a complex state for Black women across age domains (Moorman, 2020; Mouzon et al., 2020). So why are Black women using their agency to forgo marriage, and what communities are they building to replace the nuclear family?","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"9 1","pages":"22 - 7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48708631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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