Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships

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.

The JBSR is the official journal of the Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians. A subscription to the journal is included with membership. To order the membership/subscription bundle, please visit the ABSC membership page.

Vol. 7, No. 3 (Winter 2021)

Contents

Examining the Influence of Media Consumption and Internalization on Perceived Skin Color, Self-Esteem, and Dating Preferences
Danaysha Cosbert, Jonathan N. Livingston, Markita Jones, Nancy Reese Durham, and Dorothy Singleton

Family, Sex Education, and Religion: A Qualitative Study of the Sociocultural Influences on Sexual Decision-Making among African American College Women
Anne Marie Schipani-McLaughlin, Carmen Collins, Sinead N. Younge, Jessica M. Sales, and Katrina Farber

Spaces of Liberation and Black Women’s Reclaiming of Their Corporeal Bodies
Kendric L. Coleman

Mules versus (Wo)Men: Narrative of a Black Woman Modifying Maslow’s Theory of Needs to Withstand Workplace Bullying
Leah P. Hollis

Black Women and the Black Therapist: Implications of Healing from Intimate Partner Violence
Monique S. Howard, Daneesha Dent, and Jasoliel Cineus

Letter to the Editor
Queering the Co-Curricular: A Review of Progress at the First Degree Granting HBCU
Melina McConatha, Denise Brown, Lenetta Lee, and Nafeesa Muhammad

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.

• Build and sustain Black professional community involvement in the field of human sexuality and mental health.
• Engage in ongoing formal and informal dialogue about social and sexual health issues that affect persons of African descent and those who serve this unique population.
• Develop and support prevention, educational, and clinical response systems that reduce the prevalence of sexual health disparities.
• Create regional, national, and international linkages for members.
• Serve as a resource for research, educational, and clinical mental health initiatives.