Black Women in Double Jeopardy: A Perspective on Birth Control

AbstractThis essay offers a historical overview of African American women’s efforts to gain access to contraception, from the early stirrings of the campaign to legalize birth control in the 1910s to the eve of mass movements for racial equality and women’s rights in the 1960s. The birth control struggle becomes a window on the racial, gender, and economic structures black women negotiated in pursuit of sexual and reproductive self-determination at that time. Taking us back a century, and with emphasis on resilience and resistance, their story reminds us of the deep roots and broad vision of black women’s leadership in what has become a women-of-color–led human rights movement for reproductive justice today.

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How do young, Black women view birth control and talk to their health care providers about family planning?

Contraception ◽

10.1016/j.contraception.2011.11.035 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 85 (3) ◽

pp. 320-321

Author(s):

M. D'Amore ◽

L. McCloskey ◽

B. Bokhour ◽

M. Paasche-Orlow ◽

B. Jack ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Black Women ◽

Family Planning ◽

Birth Control ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Care Providers ◽

Young Black Women

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Double jeopardy? The categorization and stereotyping of black women

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e633982013-881 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Amanda K. Sesko ◽

Monica Biernat

Keyword(s):

Black Women ◽

Double Jeopardy

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The link between stereotypical leader traits and perceived electability: Do Black women politicians face double jeopardy?

10.31234/osf.io/hx5ks ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Amanda Elizabeth Mosier ◽

Evava Pietri

Keyword(s):

Black Women ◽

White Women ◽

White Male ◽

White Men ◽

Political Polarization ◽

White Female ◽

Future Research ◽

Double Jeopardy ◽

Leader Traits ◽

Voting Intentions

This paper examined whether Black women political candidates face double jeopardy in voter perceptions of electability due to Black women being perceived as having fewer traditional leader traits compared to White male, White female, and Black male candidates. Due to increasing political polarization in the U.S., concerns over electability are at the forefront of many voters’ minds when casting their ballots. Traditional conceptions of electability are built upon racialized and gendered notions of what traits connote an effective leader; thus, women and racial minority candidates are often perceived as less electable compared to White men. However, research has not adequately examined the intersectional aspect of electability bias. The current study proposed a double jeopardy effect: we expected that participants (n = 454) would perceive Black women, compared to White men, White women, and Black men, as lower in competence and leadership ability, which would lead to lower electability perceptions and voting intentions. Unexpectedly, there were mixed findings for the effects of race/gender on competence and leadership ability, and we did not find any evidence that candidate race/gender related to electability or voting intentions. We discuss potential explanations for these null findings and suggest avenues for future research.

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Black women at double jeopardy in perceptions of team participation

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e578192014-857 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Leigh Wilton ◽

Diana Sanchez ◽

Laura Quiros

Keyword(s):

Black Women ◽

Double Jeopardy

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Nation of Islam Womanhood, 1960–1975

The Promise of Patriarchy ◽

10.5149/northcarolina/9781469633930.003.0008 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Ula Yvette Taylor

Keyword(s):

Black Women ◽

Birth Control ◽

Black Power ◽

Malcolm X ◽

Nation Of Islam ◽

Heavy Weight

This chapter explores how black women experienced the Nation of Islam during the call for Black Power. Blues singer Etta James, Minister Louis X (later Farrakhan), Minister Malcolm X, heavy weight boxer Muhammad Ali, and Belinda Boyd (wife of Muhammad Ali) frame the radicalization of the movement. Courtship, birth control, and the pressures to build a patriarchal black nation highlight why some women engaged in trumping patriarchy, in the service of supporting nationhood goals.

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Comparing Sexual Harassment Subtypes Among Black and White Women by Military Rank: Double Jeopardy, the Jezebel, and the Cult of True Womanhood

Psychology of Women Quarterly ◽

10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.00450.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 347-361 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

NiCole T. Buchanan ◽

Isis H. Settles ◽

Krystle C. Woods

Keyword(s):

Black Women ◽

Sexual Harassment ◽

Sexual Coercion ◽

White Women ◽

Double Jeopardy ◽

Gender Harassment ◽

Black And White ◽

True Womanhood ◽

Unwanted Sexual Attention ◽

Cult Of True Womanhood

Drawing upon feminist analyses of double jeopardy and the cult of true womanhood, we examine race, rank, sexual harassment frequency, and psychological distress for Black and White female military personnel ( N = 7,714). Results indicated that White women reported more overall sexual harassment, gender harassment, and crude behavior, whereas Black women reported more unwanted sexual attention and sexual coercion; enlisted women reported higher rates of each subtype than officers. Black enlistees reported more sexual coercion than White enlistees, and enlistees reported more than officers, but there were no racial differences across officers. Black women reported more psychological distress following gender harassment than White women, and enlisted women reported more distress following gender harassment, unwanted sexual attention, and sexual coercion than officers. Although Black officers were less distressed at low levels of sexual coercion, as coercion became more frequent, their distress increased significantly, and at high levels, all groups were similarly distressed.

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