(ThySistas.com) People tend to think that obtaining optimal health is purely a physical endeavor. To maintain good health, a holistic approach must be taken. Holistic health is relating to or concerned with the complete body, rather than with individual parts. Our body is made up of our physical, emotional and spiritual ...
(ThySistas.com) Sistahood is an amazing bond between two black women who truly know, honor, and love each other like sisters. It is saddening to think about how some black women treat one another. Why is it so hard for some black women to experience true sisterhood? Jealousy and insecurity is the ...
(ThySistas.com) According to a professional sociological study conducted by the University of Chicago, entitled, The Social Organization of Sexuality, the female libido is contingent upon many things. For females, sexual intimacy and sexual intercourse are overlapped with feelings of emotional security and are extremely subjective to cultural norms and perceptions. This ...
(ThySistas.com) What is the number one cause of death in the African American community of women? Heart disease. In 2013, heart disease accounted for 23.8% of deaths in both the non-Hispanic black populations. On the other hand, cancer accounted for 22.5% of deaths. Heart disease may be the leading cause of ...
(ThySistas.com) Stereotypes are dangerous no matter who uses them. There is a myth floating around that black women are the epitome of Angry Woman. One must actually question what makes them angrier than a white woman, or another woman of color. Why is it that behavior that is seen as thorough, ...
(ThySistas.com) Sexuality, which is a common term, revolves around expression of sexual interest especially when excessive according to Webster’s Dictionary. Sexuality is everywhere. On our television, in our music, on our computer screens, it’s everywhere. It shows in how we act or don’t act, in what we wear or don’t, and ...
(ThySistas.com) Prenatal screening provides information about your health and the health of your baby. The results of these tests allow doctors to analyze the likelihood that your child will be born with a birth defect or with a chromosomal abnormality. Why Consider Prenatal Screening? Although all women are offered prenatal screening, ...
(ThySistas.com) African Americans alone spend over $40 billion a year for business conferences, weddings, vacations and other events, yet very little of that spending comes back into the African American business community. Two groups are making sure this trend is changed. The U.S. Black Chambers (USBC) and the National Association of ...
(ThySistas.com) The issue of abortion is a hot topic during election season. This is primarily important because the next president will need to make Supreme Court appointments which will decide, in part, if Roe v. Wade continues to stand. One of the biggest problems to some women is it seems that ...
(ThySistas.com) We are right at two weeks away from the most important election that many of us will ever see in our lifetime. There are so many things at stake and now more than ever we have to be vigilant about to whom we give our vote. Yes, we have to ...