ArticleSexuality & culture2022
The Peak of Pleasure: US Southern Black Women's Definitions of and Feelings Toward Sexual Pleasure.
Article in Sexuality & culture, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- "It was the Best Sex of My Life": A Qualitative Analysis of Black Women's Most Pleasurable Sexual Experiences.Journal of sex research · 2026Article
- Rethinking sexual pleasure in research, health care and society.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
- Sexual Healing: Qualitative Methods as a Radical Pleasure Intervention Against Anti-Black Sexology.Qualitative psychology (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- The Mediating Role of Sexual Mindfulness on the Relationship Between Black Women's Psychological and Sexual Functioning.Mindfulness · 2025Article
- An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Black Women's Meaning and Experiences of Sexual Anxiety.Journal of sex research · 2024Article
- What Sexual Problems Does a Sample of LGB+ People Report Having, and How Do They Define Sexual Pleasure: A Qualitative Study to Inform Clinical Practice.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- "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
Sexual pleasure has been identified as a key component of sexual health by the World Health Organization, yet only 6.5% of articles on Black women's sexualities are sex positive. Historically in the United States (US), Black women's sexualities have been marked by silence, encouraging Black women to refrain from discussing their sexualities, particularly the positive aspects such as sexual pleasure. The purpose of the current study was to explore definitions of and feelings toward sexual pleasure among (N = 206) Black women living in the Southern US using intimate justice and sex positive frameworks and thematic analysis. Participants identified three foundational dimensions of sexual pleasure (1) mental, (2) physical, and (3) emotional and four facilitators of peak pleasure (1) partnered interactions, (2) liberation, (3) mind-body-soul awareness, and (4) orgasm. Foundational themes and facilitators of peak pleasure are intertwined. For example, a combination of emotional, mental, and physical themes serves as the foundation of sexual pleasure. However, the facilitator themes often, but not always, included one or more emotional, mental, and physical aspects. Overall, 42.2% (
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