>Here's a more useful study, though it would never garner as much
>media attention as the above twin study:
>
><blockquote>TABLE 2
> Sexual Dysfunction by Race and Gender
> Type of Sexual Dysfunction
> No Interest in Sex Unable to Orgasm Sex Unpleasurable
> % n % n % n
>Black female 42.8 142 26.6 84 28.9 91
>Black male 20.0 41 11.4 23 13.9 28
>White female 31.4 411 23.5 299 20.0 249
>White male 14.5 160 7.4 80 6.9 74
>
>Data presented in Table 2 . . . suggest that social position in a
>stratified society may shape sexual experience on a wider variety of
>levels. These data show that Black women report having had more
>negative sexual experiences during the past year than White women,
>Black men, or White men. Black women are more likely to report a
>lack of interest in sex, having unpleasurable sex, as well as
>inability to orgasm in the past year. White women and Black men also
>report more negative sexual experiences than White men. Clearly,
>White men do not appear to be characterized by such negative sexual
>experiences. In its entirety, the overall findings of this study
>lend support to the notion that sexual behavior and attitudes in the
>United States reflect patterns of dominance and inequality and that
>these dispositions are in turn structured by locations in the
>stratification order. (Alicia M. Gonzales and Gary Rolison, "Social
>Oppression and Attitudes toward Sexual Practices," Journal of Black
>Studies 35.6, <http://jbs.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/35/6/715.pdf>,
>July 2005, p.
Wow, that's one of the most interesting pieces of research I've seen in ages - thanks! Does white male privilege know no bounds?
Doug