ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2023
'My partner will think I'm weak or overthinking my pain': how being superwoman inhibits Black women's sexual pain disclosure to their partners.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Women's Causal Beliefs About Their Pelvic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2026Pooled it
- Genitopelvic pain in racially/ethnically, sexually, and gender/sex minoritized samples in Canada and the United States: a scoping review.Sexual medicine reviews · 2026Article
- More Than a Woman: A Scoping Review of the Role of the Strong Black Woman Schema in Black Women's Romantic Relationships.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Article
- Risk factors of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder among Black women in the United States: A conceptual review.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Review
- Suffering in Silence: Examining U.S. College Students' Painful Sexual Experiences and Their Relationship to Gender Roles.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2026Article
- Superwoman Schema and Relationship Satisfaction Among Black Women in the United States: The Mediating Role of Relationship Attachment.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2025Article
- Causes of Sexual Anxiety among US Southern Black Women.Sexual and relationship therapy : journal of the British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy · 2025Article
- "Anger, embarrassment, less than a woman": the emotional impact of Black women's sexual pain.Women & health · 2023Article
- "My Mom Would Always Say Pussy Rules the World": A Qualitative Exploration of Southern Black Women's Sexual Messages.Journal of black sexuality and relationshipsArticle
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Abstract
Black women experience persistent sexual pain that may often last longer than White women. Despite the value of sexual communication to alleviate sexual pain concerns, many women do not disclose sexual pain to their partners. Limited research explores barriers to disclosing sexual pain to partners among Black women. This study seeks to fill this gap. Relying on an integration of Sexual Script theory and Superwoman Schema, the study explored the barriers that premenopausal, cisgender Black women from the Southern USA perceived when disclosing sexual pain to their primary partners. We identified five common themes from women's open-ended responses to an online survey: (a) distressing emotions associated with disclosure; (b) limited knowledge and communication skills; (c) protecting partner's feelings and ego; (d) invading privacy; and (e) taking sole responsibility for managing sexual pain. Findings suggest a combination of intrapsychic, interpersonal and cultural factors influence Black women's perceived ability to have direct and open dyadic communication about sexual pain with their partners. Implications for Black women's sexual health and relationship outcomes are discussed.
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