Black Womanhood: The Feminine Suffering & Sexual Labor That Is Deemed Holy In Black Culture

I grew up in a culture that dictates men are allowed to take whatever they want from women without repercussion, as it is their god-given right for being born male. I have come across many black men who either didn’t believe rape exists, or they needed me to stand in as a secondary mother figure and teach them that a woman’s “No” does…