What exactly is the “matriarchal phenomena unique to African-Americans?
Answer Most black families are headed by black women as our men are missing in action either, prison, other races, homosexuality or lack of responsibility. I have lived with a Swedish man for 3 years in my past. My current boyfriend is Native American. I’ll let my life speak for what I feel about LOVE> This is a patriarchal society with men being the head of household, in the pulpit, in the Catholic church, in today’s society. The black family was the first family to suffer from the “sexual revolution”, free sex, no committment. This left many black women to raise their families on their own. My mother is a single parent as my father was abusive and landed in prison. The older generation of blacks suffered from this problem as a result of slavery and the socialization of black men to “tomcat” to produce strong offspring with many women. Although in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s this didn’t seem to affect strong black families who married and raised large families. Many grandparents reared th
