Black men’s alienation stemmed from Black women having any power at all

Evidence

Using this sexist logic, we can safely assume that it was never the black female having so much power in the home that alienated some black men, but that she had any power at all. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 230

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The matriarchy myth discredited black women and black men simultaneously — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 223; Enslaved black people internalized their owners’ patriarchal sex roles — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 154; Contraception’s spread converted black male sexism into open misogyny

Related

• Contraception’s spread converted black male sexism into open misogyny (similarity 0.90)
• Enslaved black people internalized their owners’ patriarchal sex roles (similarity 0.86)
• The matriarchy myth discredited black women and black men simultaneously (similarity 0.85)
• Slavery stripped black men of patriarchy but not of masculinity. (similarity 0.85)
• White men created the race-sex hierarchy that black men accept and support. (similarity 0.85)
• Black women’s anger at unemployed black men reflected their own embrace of patriarchy (similarity 0.84)
• Black men asserted dominance over women to compensate for losing to white men (similarity 0.84)
• Black women’s exploitation is better described as masculinization than black men’s de-masculinization. (similarity 0.84)
• Institutionalized sexism protected black male sexuality while legitimizing black female assault (similarity 0.83)
• Most men in patriarchal society resent women who abandon passive roles (similarity 0.83)
• Black women themselves pressured men into the breadwinner role (similarity 0.83)
• Male freedom is incompatible with advocating the subjugation of women (similarity 0.83)
• The matriarchy label steers black women away from feminism they need (similarity 0.83)
• Slavery-era myths branded black women masculinized to defend patriarchal ideology. (similarity 0.83)
• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Enslaved black people internalized their owners’ patriarchal sex roles #expands (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 154