se (1980) states that much of the existing research on black men and women is biased because it was conducted by white researchers who failed to see the real dynamic taking place between the two, and she cites a number of myths to demonstrate this bias. There is an assumption that black women have led their men, and equality between the sexes has been misrepresented as female dominance. The author also finds that black men and women have internalized these myths and have produced real consequences as a result. Another myth that has been internalized is that the black male is shiftless and does not want to work. There is also a myth that black women get ahead more easily than black men. Another myth Rodgers-Rose cites is that most black household are headed by women, when in
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