Embodying Strength: The Origin, Representations, and Socialization of the Strong Black Woman Ideal and its Effect on Black Women’s Mental Health

IF 1.1 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Women & Therapy Pub Date : 2019-08-30 DOI:10.1080/02703149.2019.1622911

Leeja Carter, Amerigo Rossi

引用次数: 19

Abstract

Abstract Stereotyping Black women as servant, “the mammy” is a well-known racial and gender stereotype and, if internalized, can decrease mental and physical health. Recreated via the Strong Black Woman (SBW) and Superwoman (SW) ideologies, such ideals have the potential to be empowering, while at the same time marginalizing. The purpose of this article is to discuss how Black women embody strength through the SBW and SW ideals, the mental health implications of each, and recommendations for therapeutically unpacking these forms of ‘strong’ womanhood using a feminist and empowerment approach.

查看原文本刊更多论文

体现力量:黑人女强人理想的起源、表征、社会化及其对黑人女性心理健康的影响

黑人妇女作为仆人、“保姆”的刻板印象是一种众所周知的种族和性别刻板印象，如果内化，会影响身心健康。通过强大的黑人女性(SBW)和女超人(SW)意识形态，这种理想有可能赋予权力，同时也有可能被边缘化。本文的目的是讨论黑人女性如何通过SBW和SW理想体现力量，每种理想对心理健康的影响，以及使用女权主义和赋权方法治疗性地揭示这些形式的“强大”女性的建议。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Women & Therapy Multiple-

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

4.80%

发文量

期刊介绍： Women & Therapy is the only professional journal that focuses entirely on the complex interrelationship between women and the therapeutic experience. Devoted to descriptive, theoretical, clinical, and empirical perspectives on the topic of women and therapy, the journal is intended for feminist practitioners as well as for individuals interested in the practice of feminist therapy. The journal focuses on a wide range of content areas, including: •issues in the process of therapy with female clients •problems in living that affect women in greater proportion than men, such as depression, eating disorders, and agoraphobia •women"s traditional and nontraditional roles in society and how these affect and can be affected by therapy.