Longing to Tell : Black Women's Stories of Sexuality and Intimacy

Longing to Tell : Black Women's Stories of Sexuality and IntimacyThe Sexual Lives of Black Women, In Their Own WordsIn a culture driven by sexual and racial imagery, very few honest conversations about race, gender, and sexuality actually take place. In their absence, commonly held perceptions of black women as teenage mothers, welfare recipients, mammies, or exotic sexual playthings remain unchanged. For fear that telling their stories will fulfill societys implicit expectations about their sexuality, most black

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Tyler is forced to painfully reveal the truth behind a tragic summer of his youth

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