gender roles

Are Black Men Still the Protectors and Providers? Let’s Talk Hybrid Masculinity

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Imagine sitting down with your girlfriends after a long day of work. You’re swapping dating stories and marriage dreams, and inevitably, someone says, “Girl, I need a man who can handle business, who can protect and provide.” Heads nod in agreement around the table, until one friend asks, “But do men actually protect and provide?” […]

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Love Isn’t Always Enough: Premarital Work That Strengthens Black Marriages

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Once a relationship progresses to engagement, I begin guiding couples through premarital education, preparation, and planning. This stage is often the most uncomfortable and the most necessary. The romantic love that brought the couple this far doesn’t disappear, but it begins to share space with other, more complex aspects of partnership. Decision-making, finances, routines, family

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