The text suggests from various studies that sexual freedom and expression are still limited. The way women and men are taught to view their bodies, the way they view their autonomy, the way they view pleasure, and the way marriage is perceived as respectability plays a role in the socialization of sexuality (49). These studies reminded me of the many reasons why many women, particularly Black women, conform to social beliefs and limit their agency and pleasure in sexuality. These socializations of sexuality transcend gender roles and how gender is viewed in kinship relationships. Robert Evans and Helen L. Evans suggest in their study Coping: Stressor and Depression Among Middle Class African-American Men that men have become a critical group to understand in order to better understand the social and psychological climate of the African American community. They suggest that family issues, employment issues, environmental factors and racism were the main causes of depression and emotional distress. Recognizing these factors is essential to recognizing the well-being of a community. As I read numerous studies on family structure, from polygamy to motherhood to fatherhood to the black woman-black man relationship, I continued to consider the role that slave post-traumatic disorder plays. I refer to slavery so often, but I've begun to wonder if we can really blame it all