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ABSTRACT

THE SEXUAL PRACTICES OF BLACK MALES

AND SOCIETAL MYTHS ABOUT THEM

By

Dr. Sadie M. Sheafe, Ph.D.

This study, “The Sexual Practices Of Black Males and Societal Myths About Them” investigates and provides a historical framework in which to examine the inescapable relationship between Black male sexuality and racism. Compelling research is presented concerning the origins and rationalizations for the formulation of the many myths, stereotypes and folklore surrounding this topic. A partial analysis of these motivations, both apparent and underlying, that are used to justify the centuries of oppression and mis-education of the African by the European, is offered. Further, the subsequent generational impact that results from this subjugation is explored.

This work provides insight and sheds light into whether some assertions concerning Black male sexual practices are true or false. The contention is that a study of racism is a prerequisite to an examination of the sexuality of the Black male. Further, research will illustrate that from the very first interaction between the earliest European explorers and the African, the fear of Black male sexuality has been the root cause of White racism and is the basis of negative sexual stereotypes and fairy tales.

This study investigates the customs, traditions and beliefs of the African male in an effort to dispel the stereotypical misrepresentations created and perpetrated by early imperialist European explorers. These falsehoods, a root cause of racism, are historically traced beginning with the first European contacts, into the African American chattel slavery, through the American Civil War and Emancipation of 1865, onto the Great Migration (circa 1920-1940) where Blacks relocated to northern states. Changes in public perceptions and attitudes that occurred with the Black power movement (circa 1960-1975) are examined, as well as mythological falsehoods that continue to be promulgated and reinforced by contemporary media.

This study is groundbreaking in that, to date, Black male sexuality has never been scientifically and systematically studied. The instrument used is an anonymous Internet based sex-survey that attempts an unbiased, in-depth exploration into the sexual behavior of Black males...



RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN

The present study is designed as a first step in the accumulation of a body of scientific fact that may provide the bases for sounder generalizations about the sexual behavior of certain groups and, some day, even of our American population as a whole.” (Kinsey,1958). “The Sheafe Survey on Black Male Sexuality”, is an original, on-line research instrument developed for this purpose.



FINDING AND DISCUSSION

The primary hypotheses presented in this volume are:

- That the sexual practices of Black males are virtually unknown because no in-depth study has ever been conducted specifically for this population;
- That society's speculations concerning the sexual practices of Black males are based on myths, stereotypes and innuendo placed upon them by White European patriarchal society.



Four stereotypes are the focal point of this study:

- Black Males penises are Macro phallic.
- Black Male potency and virility are greater than white males.
- Black males are obsessed with the idea of having sex with white women.
- Black men are permissive in their sexual affairs.



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