A Systematic Review of Black American Same-Sex Couples Research: Laying the Groundwork for Culturally-Specific Research and Interventions

Lassiter, Jonathan Mathias; Dacus, Jagadisa devasri; Johnson, Mallory O.

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“…To this end, the #HotGirlScience paradigm invites sexologists to study the fun, "messy, sticky, and joyous" (Morgan, 2015, p. 39) sex-positive aspects of Black sexual lives as a necessary contribution to the current sexology canon that all too frequently presents a deficit view of Black sexualities. Sexologists studying Black people are encouraged to read critical sexuality studies to reduce their ignorance (Bowleg et al, 2017;Lassiter et al, 2021), but move beyond them toward sex-positive, liberation-focused inquiry (Hargons et al, 2020), where pleasure is central (Thorpe et al, 2021;2022). In this paper, we outline the criteria by which one can determine if they are conducting real #HotGirlScience, and we establish this paradigm's four elements: epistemology, ontology, methodology, and axiology (Kivunja & Kuyini, 2017).…”

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#HotGirlScience: A Liberatory Paradigm for Intersectional Sex-Positive Scholarship

Hargons¹,

Thorpe²

2022

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What if being a hot girl was a way of life and a way of conducting science? In this paper, we propose a new sex-positive, liberatory, intersectional paradigm for sex science, #HotGirlScience. The #HotGirlScience paradigm invites sexologists to study the fun, sex-positive aspects of Black sexualities and move toward liberation-focused inquiry where pleasure is central. #HotGirlScience is founded upon hip hop feminism, hood feminism, and the work of Black feminist scholars past and present. The HotGirlScience paradigm differs from the previously-mentioned feminisms in its empirical potential. Four criteria of real #HotGirlScience apply to the entire research process and not just interpretation of results or theoretical foundations of the research. By explaining the four criteria: 1) doing me unapologetically, 2) having fun, 3) sex positivity, and 4) hyping up my friends, we present the #HotGirlScience paradigm’s ability to inform the empirical study of the pleasurable, sex-positive aspects of Black sexual lives as a necessary contribution to the current sexology canon that all too frequently presents a deficit view of Black sexualities. Descriptions of the four elements of the paradigm, as well as implications for the use of this paradigm with marginalized populations in sex science, are discussed.

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#HotGirlScience: A Liberatory Paradigm for Intersectional Sex-Positive Scholarship

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Thorpe²

2022

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“…This represents a gap in the scientific literature and, more importantly, a missed opportunity to understand how romantic relationships influence health for a group that must navigate distinct, multilevel health and social inequities. The few studies specifically about BSMCs have seldom focused on relationship quality and the factors that influence it outside of the context of HIV prevention [ 12 - 14 ]. For example, we know little about these couples’ relationship intimacy, physical affection, and couple-level sexual orientation disclosure [ 9 , 15 ].…”

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“…Second, it is imperative that we ground our understanding of BSMCs outside of Eurocentric epistemologies. We intentionally center the Afrocentric paradigm to counter Eurocentric ways of knowing and epistemologies of ignorance that highlight deficit and pathology-related foci and thereby sustain health inequities in their (explicit and implicit) perpetuation of oppressive ideologies [ 12 , 28 ]. Our theoretical framework provides a starting place to understand BSMCs’ health in a way that is culturally grounded and holistic.…”

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Relationship Quality and Health Among Black Same-Sex Male Couples: Protocol for a Symbolic Netnography Study

Lassiter¹,

Dacus²,

Johnson³

2022

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Background Across a range of studies, health scientists have found that being in a romantic relationship can have positive and negative influences on one’s health. A couple’s health outcomes are often influenced by relationship quality—or how they perceive the positive or negative character of their relationship. These findings have important implications for how scientists and interventionists may leverage romantic relationships facilitating good health among couples. However, in general, couples research has not included Black same-sex male couples in large enough numbers to make previous studies’ findings relevant to them. This represents a gap in the scientific literature and, more importantly, a missed opportunity to understand how romantic relationships influence health for a group that must navigate distinct, multilevel health and social inequities. Objective This study aims to (1) decode and understand the ways in which Black same-sex male couples express their romantic relationships in virtual contexts via symbolic indicators, (2) determine how Black same-sex male couples describe the quality of their romantic relationships, and (3) explore how Black same-sex male couples make meaning of their relationship quality and its impact on their relational and individual health. Methods We will use joint dyadic interviews embedded within a symbolic netnography research design to accomplish our aims. We will use grounded theory to analyze our qualitative data. We will then triangulate our findings to determine how well they answer our research questions. Results This study received ethical approval on October 8, 2020 and we began data collection in November 2020. Results are expected to be available no later than December 31, 2022. Conclusions This study will apply novel symbolic netnographic qualitative methods to further our understanding of Black same-sex male couples’ romantic relationships and how they contribute to their health. The findings will be used to develop programs to improve Black same-sex male couples’ health in community and virtual settings. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/29589

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What if being a hot girl was a way of life and a way of conducting science? In this paper, we propose a new sex-positive, liberatory, intersectional paradigm for sex science, #HotGirlScience. The #HotGirlScience paradigm invites sexologists to study the fun, sex-positive aspects of Black sexualities and move toward liberation-focused inquiry where pleasure is central. #HotGirlScience is founded upon hip hop feminism, hood feminism, and the work of Black feminist scholars past and present. The #HotGirlScience paradigm differs from the previouslymentioned feminisms in its empirical potential. Four criteria of real #HotGirlScience apply to the entire research process and not just interpretation of results or theoretical foundations of the research. By explaining the four criteria: 1) doing me unapologetically, 2) having fun, 3) sex positivity, and 4) hyping up my friends, we present the #HotGirlScience paradigm's ability to inform the empirical study of the pleasurable, sex-positive aspects of Black sexual lives as a necessary contribution to the current sexology canon that all too frequently presents a deficit view of Black sexualities. Descriptions of the four elements of the paradigm, as well as implications for the use of this paradigm with marginalized populations in sex science, are discussed.

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A Systematic Review of Black American Same-Sex Couples Research: Laying the Groundwork for Culturally-Specific Research and Interventions

Cited by 4 publications

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#HotGirlScience: A Liberatory Paradigm for Intersectional Sex-Positive Scholarship

#HotGirlScience: A Liberatory Paradigm for Intersectional Sex-Positive Scholarship

Relationship Quality and Health Among Black Same-Sex Male Couples: Protocol for a Symbolic Netnography Study

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