Sex Positivity and White-Sex Supremacy

''My relevant identities are that I am an older white sex therapist and university instructor. I grew up in the middle of the 1965 Watts Riots surrounded by flames, fire, racism and red-lining; all of which directly impacted me and my family. Fast forward 5 decades, George Floyd was murdered, and I immersed myself in racial studies! I hesitate to offer my voice on this subject because I am not an expert on white supremacy, however I am an expert on what I like, and what I learn from. Carole is brilliant and this book taught me so much. I can't say enough good things about it.''

Neil Cannon,PhD, LMFT, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist & Supervisor, Clinical Director, The Cannon Institute

''Bold and instructive, Carole Clements has written a text that extends beyond disciplinary boundaries. It centers dysconscious racism in sexuality studies, but will benefit all white-bodied antiracist scholar-activists dedicated to interrogating white supremacy through an intersectional lens of race, sex, and gender. Storytelling supplements theoretical and practical knowledge to offer innovative and accessible strategies for inching the dial closer to justice for BIPOC through individual and collective conscientization within white institutions and communities.''

Ishtar Kramer, PhD, Core Faculty, East-West Psychology Department, California Institute of Integral Studies

''If ever there was a book that is deemed required reading for all White-bodied students, professors, practitioners, and those in leadership in psychotherapy, sex therapy, and sex education programs and practices, I enthusiastically and wholeheartedly recommend Clements’s Sex Positivity and White-sex Supremacy. Clements’s work is a gallant invitation to move beyond conversation and take action.''

Roger Kuhn (Poarch Creek) PhD, LMFT, CST, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist

''Having co-authored two chapters with Carole on sexuality leadership and decolonizing sexuality research, I know firsthand that Carole’s commitment to antiracism is unwavering, rooted in both theory and praxis. Sex Positivity and White-sex Supremacy: Ending Complicity in Black Body Erasure is written in Carole’s signature style: evocative, creative and candid. By incorporating mindfulness and queering, Carole offers embodied strategies for antiracist practice for white sexuality professionals. As an intuitive eating facilitator, I advocate for an embodied approach to social justice. This book makes good on that imperative. Add it to your list of must reads.''

Satori Madrone, PhD, Sexologist, Consultant, Educator

''This book is a mirror held to the face of sex therapy as a practice in the U.S. with one crystalline question for practitioners and those who train them: Do you want to be a part of the hard work to create an anti-racist sex therapy? The practice of sex therapy has a whiteness problem as do many institutions, practices, disciplines and fields, including sexualities studies. Our continued, collective possessive investment in whiteness risks further imperiling the wellness of us all. Therapists are ethically bound to seek out and destroy the possessive investments in whiteness as it shows up in practice for the betterment of our whole society—to start, read this book.''

Michelle Marzullo, PhD, Professor and Chair, Human Sexuality Department, California Institute of Integral Studies

''Sex Positivity and White-sex Supremacy: Ending Complicity in Black Body Erasure offers intimate and bold instruction on the issues white therapists, partners, and community members fail to see as it relates to intimate relationships. While I am not a therapist or in the sexual health field, I have learned from how Carole Clements educates the reader through the lens of White-sex Supremacy and the toxic and racist nature of sex positivity. Through research, personal story, and suggested mindfulness-based practices, the content sinks deeply into your psyche through a humble, curious, and direct voice. This book is a must-read for anyone wanting to continue their JEDI training and advance their worldview.''

Licia Morelli, Founder of The Communiqué and best-selling author of The Lemonade Hurricane and I Am Darn Tough

''This is mandatory reading for white sexuality counselors. Its queer antiracist lens interrogates sex positivity to offer a critical and embodied alternative that embraces radical play, which is how Carole teaches: meaningfully, creatively, radically.''

Sorin Thomas, MA, LPC, LAC, CGP, ACS, Founding and Executive Director of Queer Asterisk Therapeutic Services

''Sex Positivity and White-sex Supremacy: Ending Complicity in Black Body Erasure is a necessary contribution to how we think and talk about sex, ensuring that our commitment to sex-positive education is antiracist. On these pages, as in person, Carole Clements artfully addresses impediments to sexual inclusivity and pleasure through the lens of critical discourse, asking those of us who are white sexuality educators committed to antiracism to effort toward becoming more critically aware and embodied agents for change.''

Elizabeth Wood, MSW, CSSE, ASSECT Supporting Member, Somatic Sex Educator and Co-Author of The Pleasure Prescription: A Surprising Approach to Healing Sexual Pain