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Sarah Baartman

Khoikhoi woman

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Jan 29, 2026

How do Black women discuss and challenge racialized sexual myths within their communities?

and contest racialized sexual myths—Jezebel, hypersexuality, the “strong” or unemotional woman—through community discourse, cultural production, institutional advocacy, and everyday resistance; these ...

Nov 3, 2025

What role did slavery-era narratives and racist caricatures play in sexualizing and stereotyping enslaved people?

Slavery-era narratives and racist caricatures systematically to justify exploitation, normalize sexual violence, and rationalize racial hierarchies; these portrayals ranged from the hypersexual Jezebe...