AP Intimate Violence Against Black Women and Internalized Shame: A Womanist Pastoral Counseling Perspective

Abstract

This writer’s concern for some time has been the phenomenon of violence against Black girls and women and the ramifications this has on their psychological functioning and overall being. Womanist Theology gives us a viable methodology for reflection upon the multiple systems of oppression that impact the lives of Black women, especially victim-survivors of sexual abuse.

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