6 Black Women Relationship Experts Who Are Not Derrick Jaxn

Good advice for women from women

Jolie A. Doggett
ZORA
Published in
3 min readMar 26, 2021

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It’s been a bad week for Black love. Just a few days after learning that the love between rappers Saweetie and Quavo turned very icy (pun most definitely intended), car-seat relationship guru Derrick Jaxn revealed that he had been unfaithful to his wife, Da’Naia (and that he was selling a new book).

The internets immediately went into an uproar about everything from Jaxn’s audacity and betrayal of trust to his wife’s bonnet and checked-out demeanor in their confession video. It’s understandable why people are so outraged. This is a man who has built his entire career coaching women (Black women especially) on how to find love and happiness. This is also a man… period.

Many men have created entire brands around coaching women on how to be better for other men but who is educating the ladies on how to find what’s best for them? We at ZORA decided to help the sistas out and connect y’all with some super smart (and super credentialed) Black women who are experts in sex, love, and relationships.

Shamyra Howard

Sexologist Shamyra Howard is a licensed clinical social worker, author, and sex and relationship expert (she was even featured in ZORA’s special series on masturbation and…

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Jolie A. Doggett
ZORA
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