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Whats Love Got To Do With It?: Understanding And Healing The Rift Between Black Men And Women (Touchstone)
Author: Franklin, Donna L.
Touchstone Edition; Paperback
Touchstone Books
ISBN: 0743203216
The African-American community is facing a serious crisis: the divorce rate is four times that of any other ethnic group; married men are twice as likely to be unfaithful to their spouses; and single African Americans are less eager to marry than their white counterparts.In What's Love Got to Do with It? Donna Franklin examines these troubling issues in a riveting analysis of gender tensions rooted in slavery and its aftermath. Challenging the contention that men are solely responsible for these problems, she argues that women, strong and self-sufficient in other areas of their lives, must learn to use these skills to nurture relationships. She asserts that men, too, must play an active role in the healing process by supporting each other and avoiding exclusionary social actio
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