Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.
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There are not many males, black or white, who wish to get involved with a woman who's committed to her own development.
I really don't like that modern notion of 'I don't need anyone.' I see a lot of young women feeling they have to be that way, they have to be hard, in a way. And what does that bring them? They're just going to be lonesome. They're going to be, at best, lonesome and capable, at worst, lonesome and hard. And is that what we want? No.
All black women aren't sassy, loud, difficult, or subservient. We are, in fact, very complex and very diverse, living very complex and diverse lives. That point cannot be made enough.
We have to remember that people are free to love who they want to love. That also means that black women are free to love who they want to love.
I don't know if there is a 'lack' of good black men. But when you haven't taken the time to get to know yourself, be OK with you, and articulate what it is you want in a relationship, then you can't possibly find that person for you because you don't even know what you're looking for.
There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a man.
A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself.
Do I need men? I don't think it's about needing men. It's about love.
Women are choosing to stay single rather than marry men who can't step up and provide.
There's a lot of single black women who did the best that they could and that's a beautiful thing, but they don't know how necessary a father is in a kid's life and how much guys miss that deep down inside.
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