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  • Chapter 11 - Sexual Intimacy in Black Heterosexual Couple Relationships: Challenges and Opportunities toward Relational Intimacy

  • from Part IV - Sex and Intimacy
  • Edited by Yamonte Cooper, El Camino College, Torrance, California, Erica Holmes, Antioch University, Los Angeles
  • Book:
    Black Couples Therapy
    Published online:
    27 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023, pp 255-272

  • Summary

    Sexual intimacy in couple relationships in the Black community has been under siege since the arrival of enslaved Africans in the United States and has interfered with heterosexual Black men and women creating and preserving healthy sexually intimate bonds. This chapter explores sociopolitical factors, including gender roles, and power dynamics that affect sexual intimacy among heterosexual Black couples. Culturally specific factors that can promote resilience are highlighted with a view toward increasing the understanding of Black heterosexual relationships as emotionally supportive spaces, with an emphasis of intentional intimacy as acts of social justice. Creative interventions for use in clinical practice are offered to assist in expanding sexual intimacy with Black couples.