Changes In African American Relationships

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This stage is: “When people progress in a relationship they sometimes due to other external pressures will start thinking individually rather than with the partner. They may start developing hobbies or other endeavors. The relationship will start to fade and the everlasting bond will be broken. The feeling of dislike is often expressed by the partners on their commitment.” These other ‘hobbies’ and ‘endeavors’ may include sexual and seemingly harmful activities that they might deem as exciting and fun. But not only could the women get HIV from their spouses, but African American woman can get it from rape and prostitution. It's less frequent in rape victims, but even with a low frequency of happenings it is still a possibility. Not only can

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