Colonial rhetoric weaponized other men’s sexism to justify cultural erasure

Evidence

As Ahmed observes, the idea that Other men, men in colonized societies or societies beyond the borders of the civilized West, oppressed women was to be used, in the rhetoric of colonialism, to render morally justifiable its project of undermining or eradicating the cultures of colonized peoples. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 158

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Winning over women gave colonial power over men and destructured culture — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 135; Colonial detractors saw civilizing rhetoric as masked egoism.; Imperial feminism weaponizes women’s rights rhetoric to justify colonial rule without improving women’s conditions — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 157 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Imperial feminism weaponizes women’s rights rhetoric to justify colonial rule without improving women’s conditions #epitomizes (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 157
• Colonial unveiling campaigns functioned as psychological warfare against colonized men #expands (0.85)
• Winning over women gave colonial power over men and destructured culture #expands (0.82) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 135
• Sexism and racism jointly founded the American social order from colonization #expands (0.78)
• Colonial detractors saw civilizing rhetoric as masked egoism. #complicates (0.72)