Colonial labour migration devalued African women while monetizing African men

Evidence

This study argued that an African philosophy that negates feminist thought and practice is devoid of reality. It further demonstrated that despite the scarcity of literature on African feminist thought and practice in pre-colonial Africa, the little evidence that is there demonstrates how colonial capitalism eroded the value of African women as an ideological weapon to facilitate colonial settlement and growth. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 985 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Once slavery ended and whites declared that no black woman regardless of her class status or skin color could ever be a “lady,” it was no longer socially acceptable for a white man to have a black mistress. Instead, the institutionalized devaluation of black womanhood encouraged all white men to regard black females as whores or prostitutes. Lower class white men, who had had little sexual contact with black women during slavery, were encouraged to believe they were entitled to access to the bodies of black women. In large cities their lust for black female sex objects led to the formation of numerous houses of prostitution which supplied black bodies to meet the growing demands of white men. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 195 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial capitalism deliberately eroded African women’s value to enable colonial settlement — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 985; Black women under slavery were doubly enslaved by race and sex — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 26; Colonial racial thinking dehumanized Africans as they assimilated colonial culture (+9 more)

Related

• Colonial capitalism deliberately eroded African women’s value to enable colonial settlement (similarity 0.92)
• Colonial racial ideology shaped gendered relations under colonial capitalism. (similarity 0.86)
• Colonial labour displacement devalued African women’s social position. (similarity 0.83)
• Precolonial African institutions respected the rights of women (similarity 0.81)
• Slave labor displaced woman’s economic role and diverted the master’s tyranny onto her (similarity 0.81)
• Black women’s exploitation is better described as masculinization than black men’s de-masculinization. (similarity 0.81)
• The cult of true womanhood demoralized enslaved women and enabled manipulation (similarity 0.80)
• Sexual exploitation of black women continued and was institutionalized after slavery. (similarity 0.80)
• Devaluation of black womanhood licensed exploitation and prostitution (similarity 0.80)
• Colonial tax policy engineered gender-specific labor migration and family rupture. (similarity 0.80)
• African women’s accustomed labor made them ideal plantation slaves. (similarity 0.79)
• Colonial pressures shaped Caribbean gender relations and blocked feminism as a spiritual force (similarity 0.78)
• Both colonial and modern African scholars have irrationalized African women’s philosophical standing (similarity 0.78)
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. (similarity 0.78)
• European accounts falsely characterized African women as brutalized victims to justify slavery (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Colonial capitalism deliberately eroded African women’s value to enable colonial settlement #corroborates (0.85) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 985
• Devaluation of black womanhood licensed exploitation and prostitution #expands (0.75) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 195
• Capitalists extracted Black labor while letting African social formations reproduce the supply #expands (0.60)
• Winning over women gave colonial power over men and destructured culture #expands (0.55) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 135
• Colonial racial thinking dehumanized Africans as they assimilated colonial culture #complicates (0.50)
• Colonial conquest destroyed pre-colonial reciprocal governance traditions in Africa #expands (0.50)
• Black women under slavery were doubly enslaved by race and sex #expands (0.45) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 26
• Enslaved women’s unpaid labor did not produce feminist consciousness but resentment at denied womanhood #complicates (0.40) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 161