Stolen Women: Reclaiming Our Sexuality, Taking Back Our Lives
"The culmination of twenty-two years of clinical practice and in-depth interviews with hundreds of African American women."--Ebony
"Finally, we have the first book that breaks the silence. Dr. Wyatt presents a well-researched and balanced perspective of the sexual experiences of African American women. It explodes the myths, examines our past, and sets the path for our healing and our future survival. This is a book that should be read by anyone who knows or cares about African American women."--Gloria Johnson Powell, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University
"A long-awaited look at the stereotypes and sexual myths that surround African American women."--The Chicago Tribune
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Book details
- Author
- Gail Wyatt
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 322
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Social Science › Cultural & Ethnic Studies › African American & Black Studies
- Topics
- African American women · women's sexuality · sexual empowerment · racial stereotypes · women's health · cultural identity · personal healing
- ISBN-13
- 9780471297178 (Paperback)9781630261719 (Hardcover)
About the author
GAIL ELIZABETH WYATT is a clinical psychologist, board-certified sex therapist, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Behavior at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, with over 250 published research works and six books. Her titles include Stolen Women: Reclaiming Our Sexuality, Taking Back Our Lives.
Wyatt was the first African American woman licensed to practice psychology in California and the first African American woman Ph.D. to reach full professor in a school of medicine. A graduate of Fisk University, she received her doctorate from UCLA.
Wyatt directs the Center for Culture, Trauma and Mental Health Disparities and the UCLA Sexual Health Program, and has testified before the U.S. Congress ten times on health policy issues.