Natalie Malone, Shameka Thorpe, Praise Iyiewuare, Jardin Dogan-Dixon, Jermisha Frazier, Shamyra Howard, Jasmine K Jester, Candice N Hargons
{"title":"\"My Mom Would Always Say Pussy Rules the World\": A Qualitative Exploration of Southern Black Women's Sexual Messages.","authors":"Natalie Malone, Shameka Thorpe, Praise Iyiewuare, Jardin Dogan-Dixon, Jermisha Frazier, Shamyra Howard, Jasmine K Jester, Candice N Hargons","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2024.a931228","DOIUrl":"10.1353/bsr.2024.a931228","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exploring southern Black women's sexual messaging is important for appropriately contextualizing their sexual experiences. This study advances the literature on southern Black women's sexuality by analyzing the valence, content, and sources of sexual messages using #HotGirlScience. Twenty-five Black women's semi-s tructured interview responses were analyzed using thematic analysis. Thirteen women reported mixed messages, followed by positive messages (<i>n</i> = 10) and negative messages (<i>n</i> = 2). Seven major content themes were constructed: 1) sex is taboo, 2) sex is painful, harmful, and/or violent for Black women, 3) sex prioritizes male partner's pleasure, 4) consent and safety, 5) agency and sexual pleasure, 6) pleasure expansiveness, and 7) sexual communication.</p>","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"10 3-4","pages":"299-325"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11449103/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Title IX is the Master’s Tool: (Re)conceptualizing Gender and Race Equity in U.S. Education","authors":"Tori Justin, Katelyn E. Foltz","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.a910427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.a910427","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: In this conceptual article, we theorize Title IX as colorblind policy that functions as the master’s tool. Specifically, we contend that due to Title IX’s colorblind approach and its roots in white feminism, its ability to eliminate sex discrimination in education is ineffective. We begin our argument by discussing the origins of Title IX and its race-based limitations. We then offer a brief history of the relationship between whiteness, education, and Black learners, and conclude with a critique of the usefulness of policies like Title IX and question their ability to create meaningful change.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135194618","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}
{"title":"Title Wave: Title IX and How Compromised Abortion Rights can Precipitate Increased College Drop-Out Rates","authors":"Leah P. Hollis","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.a910425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.a910425","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: I am pleased to bring this special edition on Title IX and Black women to fruition for the 50th anniversary of Title IX. This legislation has empowered millions of women in sports and cultivated a more in-depth interest for women in the STEM fields. As I reflect on Title IX and other legislation designed to provide equal rights for women, I will also grapple with the new challenge to Title IX, the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization lawsuit which led to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade and women’s federally protected reproductive rights in June 2022. Though women have made strides in college sports participation, the threat to reproductive rights will disproportionately compromise low-income college-age women who strive to enhance their social economic class through education.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"174 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135194619","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}
{"title":"For the Bruhs: The Need for the Racialized and Gendered Support of Black Male College Students","authors":"D. Lisa Cothran","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.a910432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.a910432","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Due to institutionalized discrimination, preexisting lower enrollment, and disproportionate disenrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic, Black male college students’ success has a disparately beleaguered trajectory. Disparities in access to academic programs, resources, and support may be due, in part, to those poorer trajectories but also are affected by university policies (or the lack thereof). These students have lower rates of successful recruitment, retention, and graduation. Because institutions that receive federal funding must operate in ways that are free of race-based and sex-based bias, these institutions are obligated to address Black male college students’ lagging numbers as well as any resulting, potentially hostile atmospheres that these students perceive. Failure to address these issues is a form of discrimination and may be tantamount to violations of Titles VI and IX. Racialized and gendered problems require racialized and gendered solutions. Proactive policy shifts and implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"257 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135194621","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}
{"title":"37 Words: Title IX and fifty years of fighting sex discrimination by Sherry Boschert (review)","authors":"Domale Dube Keys","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.a910435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.a910435","url":null,"abstract":"Reviewed by: 37 Words: Title IX and fifty years of fighting sex discrimination by Sherry Boschert Domale Dube Keys Boschert, Sherry. 37 Words: Title IX and fifty years of fighting sex discrimination. New York: The New Press, 2022. pp. 400. $26.09 (hardcover). ISBN: 1620975831. Title IX carries a singular meaning for many scholars, students, and people to whom it applies: it is known as the law that either governs gender equality in sports, prohibits peer-peer sexual violence, or regulates gender discrimination in employment (Rhoden, 2012). Rarely does it mean all three. Most books on the topic of Title IX reflect this tendency to focus on one particular aspect of the legislation which ultimately discourages a deeper understanding of its varied goals. Current volumes on Title IX that do attempt such wide coverage assume the form of government sources, traditional textbooks or multivolume caselaw texts and thus are mostly addressed to a limited readership (United States Department of Justice, 2012). In 37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination, Sherry Boschert celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX by examining its evolution in multiple domains over the last half century. In inviting journalistic prose, Boschert chronicles the long road to the current iteration of the legislation. Organized chronologically, the book serves as an enhanced timeline of major people and events in the history of Title IX, with occasional pauses to zero-in on the narratives of Bernice Sandler, a lead activist for the legislation, and other figures. In doing so, Boschert provides an expansive yet intimate account of key figures, feminist organizations, government and legal interventions, as well as nonviolent actions that helped improve the legislation and its implementation. Chapters 1–4 emphasize Bernice Sandler’s role in the development and passage of Title IX. After discovering President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive [End Page 183] Order No. 11375, which prohibits sex discrimination by federal contractors, Sandler connected with the U.S. Department of Labor and other feminist organizations to draft her first complaint against the University of Maryland and other institutions that refused to hire her and numerous qualified women. Chapter 3 examines the road to the passage of Title IX in 1972 and discusses the congressional subcommittee hearing for an earlier version of the bill and key figures of which include Rep. Edith Green of Oregon and Rep. Patsy Mink of Hawaii alongside Sandler and the human rights activist Pauli Murray, who all testified in support of the bill. Chapters 5 through 10 introduce two more supporting characters to the narrative of Title IX: Pamela Price and Diane Milutinovich. Price, a Black woman who was propositioned by a professor at Yale University in 1976, became the lead plaintiff in Price v. Yale, the case that helped to establish that sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination and thereby subject to Tit","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135194626","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}
{"title":"Letter to Editor: Fifty Years of Title IX: What is Due for all Genders","authors":"Antoine L. Bernard","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.a910426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.a910426","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"26 1","pages":"14 - 9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139371471","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}
{"title":"Why She PARs: Combating the Deintellectualization of Sport through Participatory Research","authors":"Rachel D. Roberson","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.a910430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.a910430","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: This empirical research paper is a study of agency and liberatory practices for Black women’s basketball players within a predominantly White institution (PWI) of higher education. Central to this study is the exploration of the dynamics surrounding Black labor in sport, particularly how the regulation and confinement of the body, mind, and spirit of Black women’s basketball players allows for their continued exploitation by the institution of sport in U.S. higher education. This paper uses an Afrocentric feminist epistemology to design and execute a participatory study that flips the proverbial script on student-athlete research by empowering Black student-athletes to critically evaluate their own lived experiences while simultaneously exploring ways of disrupting the tools of regulation currently confining their agency and autonomy. The site of data collection was also leveraged as a space for participants to identify opportunities to secure and exercise agency and bodily autonomy in real time—a process fellow PAR scholars refer to as the design serving as the intervention. In doing so, this paper highlights both how the regulation and control of Black women’s basketball is inextricably linked to power, race and gender, and identifies where they can collectively build towards increased freedoms.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135194632","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}
{"title":"Administrator Perceptions of Campus Sexual Assault Policy at an HBCU: A Composite Counterstory","authors":"Adrianne Jackson Weaver, Tamara Bertrand Jones","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.a910428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.a910428","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: This article explores the campus climate of a Historically Black University in the Southeastern United States by providing an overview of the campus’ sexual assault policy and administrators’ perceptions of the climate surrounding sexual assault on the campus. The research question that guided this study is: How does institutional context shape the policy development and implementation of campus sexual assault policy at an HBCU? The research design consists of semi-structured interviews with six administrators that were analyzed using Counterstory. The significance of this study is to contribute to the body of research which exists about campus sexual assault policies at HBCUs. The findings of this study discuss how the institution views their stance on campus sexual assault policy. This study provides administrators with information that can assist in the development and implementation of campus sexual assault policy.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"128 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135194623","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}
{"title":"I Know Someone is Watching Me: Evaluating the Impact of Dating Violence and Stalking on College Campuses and Universities and the Hesitation of Informing the Title IX Office","authors":"Candice R. Williams","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.a910431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.a910431","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: We are currently living in a digital age where social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and TikTok have made it easier to target one’s partner. Between 6% and 39% of college students report being stalked since entering college (SPARC, 2017). When such intimidation occurs on campus, many students of color, particularly African American students have been hesitant to notify the Title IX Office. This research assessed students’ perceptions of and experiences with on-campus dating violence and stalking to better describe its prevalence. The study reports on a non-probability quantitative sample of 421 questionnaires, and a qualitative sample of fifteen one-on-one in-depth interviews. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) results yielded differences in students’ experiences with dating violence and stalking. More attention should be spent on dating violence, stalking, stalking laws, the Title IX process, available resources, and school policies. Additionally, prevention efforts such as assistance with academic housing accommodations, referrals to ensure the safety and security of the victim/survivor, and the implementation of a Campus Climate Survey should be considered. Such techniques will aid to create and evaluate effective strategies when addressing dating violence and stalking on their campuses.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135194625","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}
{"title":"Systematic Environmental Racism and Injustice: Title IX Black Female Sports Inequality","authors":"Tahara Coleman","doi":"10.1353/bsr.2023.a910434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2023.a910434","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Title IX legislation concerning sports accessibility is marginalized for Black female youth and women. Current legislation fails to acknowledge the intersectional basis of the needs and participation of Black female youth and women as it does for gender alone. Systematic environmental factors, e.g., racism, have resulted in environmental injustices. In the context of the Critical Race Theory Doctrine of Intersectionality, there is an attempt to incorporate the real-life experiences of an outsider group—in this case, Black women—into equitable sports opportunities, which this discourse explores in the context of Title IX, situating Black women’s experiences in race and gender.","PeriodicalId":73626,"journal":{"name":"Journal of black sexuality and relationships","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135194629","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}