ISSN 2334-2668
eISSN 2376-7510
The Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships is devoted to addressing the epistemological, ontological, and social construction of sexual expression and relationships of persons within the African diaspora. The journal seeks to take into account the transhistorical substrates that subsume behavioral, affective, and cognitive functioning of persons of African descent as well as those who educate or clinically serve this important population. Quantitative, qualitative, and conceptual, articles, book reviews, and letters to the editor address various cultural substrates (e.g., age, race, gender, sexual orientation/identities, ability, spirituality, etc.) that intersect or weave themselves in/out of sexual expression, romantic relationships, and/or friendships. Interdisciplinary in nature, the journal includes perspectives from a variety of fields including psychology, sociology, education, psychiatry, human development, social work, social policy, and anthropology.
Volume 6, No. 4, Spring 2020
Bussinismus: An Introduction to the Pleasure, Pain, Power, and Politics of Bottoming
Patrick Grant
“I Want to Feel Enlightened by You”: Black Professionals’ Preferences in an Ideal Partner
Chesmore S. Montique and Candice N. Hargons
Black Men Who Have Sex with Transgender Women: Self-Understandings of Sexual Desire and Sexual Orientation
Andre E. Key and Latoya B. Brooks
Sexual Variety and Sexual Satisfaction in Black Women: Findings from a U.S. Probability Sample of Women Aged 18 to 83
Ashley Townes, Debby Herbenick, Brian Dodge, and Molly Rosenberg
Her Beleaguered Libido: Black Women’s Decreased Desire and Self-Medicating Reaction to Workplace Bullying
Leah P. Hollis
Book Review
XinLing Li. Black Masculinity and Hip-Hop Music: Black Gay Men Who Rap
Huntly P. Brown
Statement of Publishing Ethics
Submissions
Send manuscripts electronically using Microsoft Word to James C. Wadley, Ph.D at jwadley@lincoln.edu AND ABSC1041@gmail.com
Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been sent for publication or published elsewhere. As an author, you are required to secure permission if you want to reproduce any figure, table, or extract from the text of another source. All figures should be camera ready.
All parts of the manuscript should be typewritten, double-spaced, with margins of at least one inch on all sides. Quantitative manuscripts should not exceed 30 pages total (including cover page, abstract, text, references, tables, and figures), with margins of at least 1 inch on all sides and a standard font (e.g., Times New Roman) of 12 points (no smaller). Qualitative manuscripts should not exceed 40 pages. For papers that exceed page limits, authors must provide a rationale to justify the extended length in their cover letter (e.g., multiple studies are reported). Papers that do not conform to these guidelines may be returned with instructions to revise before a peer review is invited.
The manuscript files should be submitted in MS Word (Windows Vista users, please save your files as an earlier ".doc" filetype). Include (1) the manuscript title and running head; (2) all author names, affiliations, mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses (indicate who the corresponding author for the article should be); (3) any acknowledgments; and (4) brief biographical paragraphs (50 words or less) describing each author’s current affiliation and research interests.
Authors should also supply a shortened version of the title suitable for the running head, not exceeding 50 character spaces. Each article should be summarized in an abstract of no more than 100 words. Avoid abbreviations, diagrams, and reference to the text. Format for references and citations should conform to the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. This may be ordered from the Publication Department, American Psychological Association, 750 First Street, NE, Washington D.C. 20002-4242, phone (202)336-5500, fax (202)336-5502.
Book Reviews
Book reviews should be sent to the attention of the editor (address above). Review essays as well as bibliographic articles and compilations are sought. Potential contributors of such material are advised to correspond with the editor.
Peer Review Policy
All research articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.
Please allow 3-5 months for review of all submitted articles.
James C. Wadley, Lincoln University
Twinet Parmer, Central Michigan University
Bridgette Peteet, University of Cincinnati
Sheila V. Baldwin, Columbia College Chicago
Juan Battle, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Fred A. Bonner II, Prairie View A&M University
Shanna Broussard, Texas Southern University
Crystal Rae Coel, Murray State University
Zupenda Davis-Shine, Burlington County Health Department
Monique Howard, Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR)
Felicia Fisher, University of Houston
Karen Flynn, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Spelman College
Anita Hawkins, Morgan State University
Leah P. Hollis, Morgan State University
Larry D. Icard, Temple University
George James, Thomas Jefferson University/Council for Relationships
Doreen Loury, Arcadia University
Aretha Faye Marbley, Texas Tech University
Kenneth Monteiro, San Francisco State University
Wilfridah Mucherah, Ball State University
Valerie Newsome, National Development & Research Institutes
Leon Rouson, Norfolk State University
Jeanine Staples, Penn State University
Dionne Stephens, Florida International University
The Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians will change or enhance the way you think about intersectionality. In addition, we strive to offer research, clinical, and educational opportunities that revolve around sexuality and race. We seek to empower our community by engaging, informing, dialoguing, learning and collaborating about sexual health issues.
PROJECTED ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMESOur Syllabus Builder resource sheets are intended to assist instructors looking for supplemental materials and students seeking ideas for research papers by providing links to a variety of peer-reviewed articles online.
Syllabus Builder: Sexual and Gender-Based ViolenceOur Syllabus Builder resource sheets are intended to assist instructors looking for supplemental materials and students seeking ideas for research papers by providing links to a variety of peer-reviewed articles online.
Visit the JBSR Podcast channel on YouTube for interviews and discussions that complement the journal's content.
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