Colonialism framed weaker regions as feminized space inviting penetration

Evidence

The point here is that the space of weaker or underdeveloped regions like the Orient was viewed as something inviting French interest, penetration, insemination—in short, colonization. Geographical conceptions, literally and figuratively, did away with the discrete entities held in by borders and frontiers. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 553

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explicitly defines how the Orient was gendered/sexualized as penetrable space, a key scaffold concept.
• XREF: Connects to the ‘feminine Orient’ trope that resurfaced throughout Said and later critical theory on colonial desire. — connects to: Seeing local oppression as global colonization enables political reframing
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 553