City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2021 Jun;48(3):295-305. doi: 10.1177/10901981211010086.
. Due to their intersecting racial identity and gender identity, Black women are characterized by stigmatizing race-based sexual stereotypes (RBSS) that may contribute to persistent, disproportionately high rates of adverse sexual and reproductive health outcomes. RBSS are sociocognitive structures that shape Black women's social behavior including their sexual scripts. . The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of RBSS on the sexual decision making of young Black women (YBW). . We conducted four focus groups with 26 YBW between the ages of 18 and 25, living in a New York City neighborhood with a high HIV prevalence. Qualitative analysis was used to identify emergent themes within the domains of sexual decision making as it relates to safer sex practices and partner selection. . Thematic analyses revealed that RBSS may cause women to adopt more traditional gender stereotypes and less likely to feel empowered in the sexual decision making. Participants reported that RBSS may lead Black women to being resistant to learning new information about safer sex practices, feeling less empowered within intimate relationships, and jeopardizing their sexual well-being to affirm themselves in other social areas encouraging unprotected sex and relationships with men who have multiple sex partners. . Future research should focus on understanding the social and cultural factors that influence Black women's power in maintaining and improving their sexual health, including the aforementioned stereotypes that have influenced how others may view them as well as how they view themselves.
由于其种族身份和性别身份的交叉，黑人女性的特点是带有污名化的基于种族的性刻板印象（RBSS），这可能导致持续存在、不成比例的高不良性健康和生殖健康结果。RBSS 是社会认知结构，塑造了黑人女性的社会行为，包括她们的性脚本。本研究旨在探讨 RBSS 对年轻黑人女性（YBW）性决策的影响。我们在一个 HIV 流行率较高的纽约市社区中，对 26 名年龄在 18 至 25 岁之间的 YBW 进行了四项焦点小组讨论。定性分析用于确定与安全性行为实践和伴侣选择相关的性决策领域内的新兴主题。主题分析表明，RBSS 可能导致女性采用更传统的性别刻板印象，在性决策中不太可能感到有力量。参与者报告说，RBSS 可能导致黑人女性对学习有关安全性行为实践的新知识产生抵触情绪，在亲密关系中感到权力不足，并危及自己的性健康，以在其他鼓励无保护性行为和与有多个性伴侣的男性建立关系的社会领域中肯定自己。未来的研究应侧重于了解影响黑人女性在维持和改善性健康方面的权力的社会和文化因素，包括上述影响他人对她们的看法以及她们对自己的看法的刻板印象。
