Freaks, gold diggers, divas, and dykes: The sociohistorical development of adolescent African American women’s sexual scripts

By D. Stephens, Layli D. Phillips. 2003

346 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, General Health Professions

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In Clinical Psychology

1. April L. Few
2. D. Stephens
3. A. Thomas
4. M. Gordon
5. T. Townsend
6. T. Jackson
7. T. Neilands
8. L. Monique Ward

In Gender Studies

1. April L. Few
2. D. Stephens
3. M. Gordon
4. A. Thomas
5. T. Townsend
6. T. Jackson
7. T. Neilands
8. L. Monique Ward

In General Health Professions

1. April L. Few
2. D. Stephens
3. A. Thomas
4. M. Gordon
5. L. Monique Ward

Citations in the corpus

• Revisiting the Jezebel Stereotype (2018, background): “Other content analyses have revealed that Black women are typically depicted as hypersexual in rap music videos, with an overemphasis on their sexualized physical appearance (e.g., Stephens & Phillips, 2003).”
• Integrating Black feminist thought into conceptual frameworks of African American adolescent women's sexual scripting processes (2005, background): “For more information, see Stephens and Phillips (2003).”
• I'm No Jezebel; I am Young, Gifted, and Black: Identity, Sexuality, and Black Girls (2010, background): “For example, Stephens and Phillips (2003, 2005) have discussed the current Jezebel permutations seen in today’s music videos, including freaks, gold diggers, divas, and baby mamas.”
• Hip Hop Honey or Video Ho: African American Preadolescents’ Understanding of Female Sexual Scripts in Hip Hop Culture (2007, methodology): “This study identifies how meanings about sexuality are developed by African American preadolescents through an examination of sexual scripts identified by Stephens and Phillips (2003).”
• Contributions of Music Video Exposure to Black Adolescents’ Gender and Sexual Schemas (2005, background): “Images of Black male-female relations are reported to be equally limiting, depicting heterosexual relationships as adversarial, equating sex with power and status, and characterizing sex as a sporting event (Sandusky, 2002; Stephens & Phillips, 2002).”
• Media Contributions to African American Girls' Focus on Beauty and Appearance: Exploring the Consequences of Sexual Objectification (2008, background): “In their analysis of hip-hop music, Stephens and Phillips (2003) found that most Black female artists have one characteristic in common: Sexuality and sexual appeal are central to defining who these women are.”
• Rethinking Strength (2016, background): “…the present and, given the preponderance of racist, sexist, and classist ideologies that remain embedded within the U.S. culture, stereotypical views of Black women that originated during the slave era are pervasive (Collins, 2000; Jewell, 1993; Stephens & Phillips, 2003; West, 1995).”
• Gendered Racial Identity of Black Young Women (2011, background): “Stephens and Phillips (2005, 2003) have discussed the current Jezebel permutations, including freaks, gold diggers, divas, and dykes seen in the music videos which influence sexual scripts of African American girls.”