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Don't Blame It On Rio: The Real Deal Behind Why Men Go to Brazil for Sex | 
| Authors: Jewel Woods, Karen Hunter
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 655601
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
ISBN: 0446178071
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9780446178075
ASIN: 0446178071
Publication Date: March 24, 2009 (In 241 Days)
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DON'T BLAME IT ON RIO delves into the very controversial issue concerning why a growing number of American black men are traveling for the kind of sex and freedom they say they can't find with black women. Thousands of unsuspecting women are kissing their men good-bye while they go on "business" trips to Rio, where they meet up with some of their friends and have sex every way they can imagine-no strings, no hassles, and no conscience.
For fifteen years, Jewel Woods, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan, has been studying the behaviors of black men and he will explain why black men travel elsewhere for sexual pleasures...and the consequences of their actions in the black community.
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 Are African-American Women Necessary? July 12, 2008
DON'T BLAME IT ON RIO examines why there seems to be an influx of African-American men escaping to Brazil for sex. Woods attempts to examine the many facets of reasons why in an effort to educate and answer the question of whether African-American women are necessary.
Woods interviewed African-American men of varying ages, socio-economic status and educational levels. These men had gone to Brazil and several frequent the area because of the stories they had heard about the Brazilian women and the excitement of venturing into the unknown. Once the men had gone, there seemed to be an enlightenment of how life in America cannot compare to life in Brazil. There the men were exposed to beautiful women who catered to their wants and treated them like kings. They were able to explore their sexual desires with women who only want to please them. In other words, these men found women who were submissive and subordinate and in a country where their skin color wasn't a detriment or used against them.
After reading DON'T BLAME IT ON RIO, I am not sure I garnered any real answers other than the same ones used as to why African-American men marry outside their race. They do it because they can. Basically, I read African-American women are emasculating, unaccommodating in regards to sex, not submissive, ugly and fat. Reading the testimonies from men who had gone to Brazil, it was a sad commentary on men who felt they could only feel like a man in a third world country where they are exploiting these women who they pay for their services. They are in a country where the general population is poor and these women are doing what they must to survive and help their families. Although Woods unequivocally states African-American woman are necessary, he doesn't really offer new ideas or stories that have not already been stated over the years. The testimonies were interesting, if not totally enlightening. This book basically says African-American men and women have a ways to go to understand each other and their relationships are still lacking and still in a disarray.
Reviewed by Cashana Seals
of The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers
A Quick Easy Read About Shallow Men (2.5 stars) July 2, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Black men going to Rio de Janeiro has failed to incite the same controversy as the down-low phenomenon that was out some years ago. According to Jewel Woods, the average black man cannot afford to go to Brazil. Those who can form some type of so-called high class clique that sets them apart from those who can't. The men who were interviewed for this book are pathetic and weak in every way possible. Here's what I got from the book about black man who travel to Brazil:
1)They want to exploit other human beings so they can know how the white man feels like doing it.
2)They want women who will let them perform any kind of pornographic sexual acts on them without protest.
3)They want women who look like J-LO, Halle Berry, Mariah Carey, Stacy Dash, Alicia Keys, Cassie, Shakira, Vanessa Williams, and Nicole Scherzinger.
4) They want sex, sex, sex, sex, and sex- any time, any place, any way, and with any one who looks like a "dime."
As usual, these ego-trippin', spiritually dead, and sex obsessed black males want to blame black women for everything that's wrong. According to them, black woman are too self-centered and not pretty, skinny, and feminine enough. It's like this, if your woman is self-centered it's because you are, too. There are plenty of good women around who are never given the time of day because they're not "dimes" and/or have a succesful career. But if your a beautiful Brazilian woman livining in poverty, I guess that's an exception (see above).
In conclusion, family, respect, and spirituality are non-issues. It's all about sex, money, power and having the "best".
HOLLER!
Brazil: a sexual arbitrage July 1, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The title of this book is mildly misleading in that it may lead some readers, as it did this reviewer, to assume that it is a follow-up to the fun and playful movie "Don't Blame it On Rio" that was released sometime in the 1980's. At least, this was what attracted this reviewer to the book, who being a fan of the movie was expecting a book that would be funny and light-hearted. Even the subtitle is misleading, for it refers to "men" as a general class, independent of their race.
But this book is anything but lighthearted, for it is kind of a sociological treatise, albeit very short, and supplying only anecdotal evidence, as to why black men forego their "sisters" for the enticing and uninhibited women of Brazil (or so it is claimed by the men interviewed in the book). The author attempts to find reasons as to why black men find Brazilian women so appealing, and are willing to travel such distances and spend large sums of money to be with them.
The reasons he gives usually center on the beauty and sexuality of Brazilian women, but he quotes many of the men who frequent the beaches and beds of Brazil as saying that it is black women who "force" black men to seek sexual pleasure elsewhere. Interestingly though, all the reasons these men give are pretty much the same as the reasons many men (of any race) give for seeking sexual experiences outside of marriage or outside their race. And if the attitudes of Brazilian women are as they are described in this book, many men would be "transformed" and "transfixed" (to use the author's terminology) after their relationships with these women, and they would no doubt then have difficulty being in "normal" relationships with American women (of any race).
The cultural and aesthetic backdrop of Brazil no doubt also played a role in their decision to travel there as frequently as they did. The warm air, the beaches, and the beautiful flora were of definite assistance in their seductions. The men the author interviewed though were not bitter men who disliked black women. They all sounded very upbeat, positive, and very optimistic. Their concerns seem genuine and clearly they view sex as a celebration of life, as it of course is. And even if some find these men guilty of misdeed, they must remember that attempting to take away their pleasures is probably doomed to failure. Like money, semen finds its own arbitrage opportunities.
 Lots of research but totally missed the point June 14, 2008
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
The authors attempted to analyze sociological and/or psychological reasons of something requiring no analysis at all. Why people love to visit restaurants serving good, tasty food at reasonable prices? Why consumers like high quality good value Japanese automobiles? The authors asked why U.S. men visit Brasil where the women are total mercenary and men only got themselves fooled. I never wrote a book before but I can answer their questions. Same reason why Japanese cars continue to be top seller in U.S., why McD continues to sell the most burgers in U.S (despite all the talk about lean/low fat diet). In Brazil's case, American men are tired of overweight women who claim themselves to be "thick" or "full body" and don't take care of themselves. American men also are tired of the same "mercenary" attitude of U.S. women. Yes, Brasilian women are very mercenary however, at least they provide the superficial or short term attention/care to the men they are with whereas in most cases here in U.S. American women just take your money and offer nothing in return.
Full Disclosure: I am not African American and have dated a lot of women in the U.S. I still date women in U.S. but Brazilian women in Brasil still outclass, outfit, out pretty most here in good 'ol USA.
Are you kidding me? May 27, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm glad that, by the numbers shown here, there aren't too many people buying into this crap. Frat bros head down to Rio and get their freak on. The brothers sorting the mail and driving the metro head to the strip club. That's the extent of your "phenomena". Men chase. Always have. The ones with longer money do it bigger.
And now it's through this device that we're supposed to expound on all that is wrong with black female/male unity? Thin. It more sounds like this "phenomena" was merely a way to give a few idiots a chance on the microphone to talk about their exploits. And for Jewel, ringleader of it all, dressing it all up with half-baked inferences, stewed-over cliches, and genuinely bad writing, to sell some books.
Here's a hint: It's 320 pages and you can read it in one sitting. Oh yeah. Lots of depth there.
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