Black Women, Sex and the Lies our Mother's Told Us: For the Empowerment and Uplift of the Black Female Sexual Experience

Black Women Sex and the Lies our Mother's Told us is a gripping anthology of Black female stories of sexuality, sexual identity and sexual experiences, that were influenced by the relationships they have with their mother's. The text explores the various influences on sexual communication among African-American mother's and their daughters and how truth, lies, religion, guilt, abuse and American history form how "the talk" takes place in various house holds, if it even happens at all. Each story is based on the research of, Chicago based, community psychologist, Dr. McDowell who interviewed and surveyed hundreds of mother daughter pairs for inspiration and insight into the lives of Black women and how they began their sexual experiences and how they felt about how prepared they were for their sexual futures based on the influence of their mothers and mother figures. The goal of each chapter is to ensure that a diverse set of Black mother and daughter pairs are explored to truly reflect how complex the topic of sexuality is in most households. Additionally, how important it is to ensure that positive and empowering communication surrounding sex is encouraged as a means of preventative care, progressive thinking and relationship building in households of women throughout the world. Each chapter is followed by thought provoking questions that add to the conversation after the open-ended read. Enjoy the roller coaster ride and find yourself and your mother in this book and think back to when you had the talk, if you ever had it, and think about the role you will play in some young woman's sexual future.