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Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
8 reviews
chamomiledaydreams's review against another edition
5.0
Additionally, it explains the concept of chrononormativity to demonstrate how society expects everyone to reach certain milestones at specific points in their lives. Queer people challenge this concept for many reasons. For instance, a closeted lesbian might not be able to date and explore her sexuality until well into her twenties, while her straight peers have likely been at this for over a decade. Similarly, but even more queerly, asexual people often never hit these milestones at all, especially if they are averse to sex and romance.
Sherronda J. Brown also discusses the conflicting sexual stereotypes that apply to Black aces. They talk about the history of anti-Black racism and how hypersexuality remains a Black stereotype to this day, which can make it especially difficult for Black aces to be believed or for their asexual identities to be legible to others.
I have identified as ace for over a decade now, and I am thrilled that ace scholarship such as this book exists. It validates many of my own experiences at the same time that it opens my mind to concepts and trends that I was not previously aware of. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in thinking more critically about asexuality and treating it like you would any other identity in queer studies. I wish I had been assigned texts like this when I was in school!
Moderate: Sexism, Colonisation, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Acephobia/Arophobia, Slavery, and Rape
Minor: Police brutality
maddramaqueen's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Slavery, Outing, Physical abuse, and Colonisation
Minor: Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Biphobia, Classism, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia
jayisreading's review against another edition
4.75
I did find the book a little repetitive after the first few chapters, but for those who have little to no familiarity with asexuality (and, relatedly, aromanticism), I would absolutely recommend this book as your starting point.
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Racism, Slavery, and Misogyny
Moderate: Rape, Transphobia, and Sexual violence
Minor: Police brutality, Death, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Suicide
cedence's review against another edition
5.0
The book focuses in on asexual people who do not experience sexual attraction at all.
The book focuses on US history and context.
This book will show you the clear ties between white supremacy, the patriarchy and capitalism to racism, queerphobia, and compulsory sexuality. It will share with you how black sexuality has been forced, shaped and willfully misinterpreted by white supremacy agendas. It will also contain testimonies of lived black asexual experiences. And it will end on a positive note on the futures of asexual people.
Loved it.
Graphic: Sexual violence, Acephobia/Arophobia, Racism, Misogyny, Classism, Colonisation, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, and Slavery
bdingz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Homophobia, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Sexual violence
Extensive discussion of pornography and racial fetishization therein.tina94's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Police brutality and Sexual violence
mfrisk's review against another edition
4.0
The only reason I’m knocking off a star is it can at times get to be hard to digest all the information as a vast number of topics are covered here and at times it feels more like a research paper than a book. However, I can only hope the author will continue to write and give more space to these topics in further depth. All the topics discussed are worthwhile but some could constitute their own books so it can be hard to absorb all we are learning.
Graphic: Misogyny, Ableism, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Acephobia/Arophobia
Moderate: Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship
alexxcp's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Rape, Police brutality, and Colonisation