Capitalist patriarchy channels men’s dehumanized work rage into violence against women.

Evidence

Much of the violence against women in this culture is promoted by the capitalist patriarchy that encourages men to see themselves as privileged while daily stripping them of their humanity in de-humanizing work, and as a consequence men use violence against women to restore their lost sense of power and masculinity. Media brainwashing encourages men to use violence as a way to subjugate women. In effect, modern patriarchy restructured to meet the needs of advanced capitalism eradicated earlier romanticized versions of the male hero role as a strong knight, protecting and providing for the damsel in distress, and replaced it by worship of the rapist, the macho man, the brute who uses force to get his demands met. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 303

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: White male brutality toward Black women stemmed from patriarchal misogyny, not racism alone — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 99; Fascist violence answered the industrialists’ desire for revenge on labor. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 576; Third World women strikers were beaten by male coworkers into abandoning their dispute. — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader: Selected Works of…, 539

Related

• White male brutality toward Black women stemmed from patriarchal misogyny, not racism alone (similarity 0.85)
• Most men in patriarchal society resent women who abandon passive roles (similarity 0.82)
• Black women’s exploitation is better described as masculinization than black men’s de-masculinization. (similarity 0.81)
• White men created the race-sex hierarchy that black men accept and support. (similarity 0.81)
• Black slave women were both accomplices in and victims of patriarchy (similarity 0.81)
• Black women wage-earners faced assault from both white and black men. (similarity 0.81)
• Slavery stripped black men of patriarchy but not of masculinity. (similarity 0.80)
• Black women’s anger at unemployed black men reflected their own embrace of patriarchy (similarity 0.80)
• Black men claimed sole victimhood and manhood rights while ignoring black women’s oppression. (similarity 0.80)
• Slavery-era myths branded black women masculinized to defend patriarchal ideology. (similarity 0.80)
• Institutionalized sexism protected black male sexuality while legitimizing black female assault (similarity 0.80)
• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men (similarity 0.80)
• Black men asserted dominance over women to compensate for losing to white men (similarity 0.80)
• Most black women chose the black patriarchy over the feminist movement. (similarity 0.79)
• Black slave gender roles replicated white patriarchal divisions of labor (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• White male brutality toward Black women stemmed from patriarchal misogyny, not racism alone #exemplifies (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 99