I am a black woman, and while I don't want to dismiss other black women and girls experiences I hope they would stop projecting this idea that black women are "treated as men." It is not true at all-- and most black women are gender conforming(and black women are not perceived as being tom boys, butch, or whatever as a group).

I think that in the past 10 years social media has been constantly publishing those "studies" that black American women aren't getting married or are the top pick on dating websites. Some black women and girls are starting to internalize this.

But all this gender stuff that black women aren't treated like women is a lie regardless of some people saying black women are not beautiful or dainty. I think it is troubling when some black women who are racially self loathing project this is a mainstream attitude among most black American women.