Enslaved black people internalized their owners’ patriarchal sex roles

Evidence

Enslaved black people accepted patriarchal definitions of male-female sex roles. They believed, as did their white owners, that woman’s role entailed remaining in the domestic household, rearing children, and obeying the will of husbands. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 154

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egyptian elite households ran parallel hierarchies of gender and slave status; 60s black liberation codified sexist role separation within the movement — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 30; Slavery stripped black men of patriarchy but not of masculinity. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 59 (+17 more)

Related

• Black slave gender roles replicated white patriarchal divisions of labor (similarity 0.91)
• Black women’s anger at unemployed black men reflected their own embrace of patriarchy (similarity 0.90)
• Black women themselves pressured men into the breadwinner role (similarity 0.89)
• Slavery stripped black men of patriarchy but not of masculinity. (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian elite households ran parallel hierarchies of gender and slave status (similarity 0.86)
• Black men’s alienation stemmed from Black women having any power at all (similarity 0.86)
• Black slave women were both accomplices in and victims of patriarchy (similarity 0.86)
• Enslaved people also absorbed the view of women as temptresses (similarity 0.85)
• Enslaved Black men prioritized self-preservation over protecting Black women (similarity 0.85)
• Enslaved women’s unpaid labor did not produce feminist consciousness but resentment at denied womanhood (similarity 0.85)
• Enslaved women were no more sexually liberated than white women. (similarity 0.84)
• Enslaved black women shared racial status with men but faced sexist subordination (similarity 0.84)
• Black women’s exploitation is better described as masculinization than black men’s de-masculinization. (similarity 0.83)
• Enslaved women absorbed anti-woman violence that white women otherwise faced (similarity 0.83)
• The cult of true womanhood demoralized enslaved women and enabled manipulation (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Black slave women were both accomplices in and victims of patriarchy #corroborates (0.80)
• Enslaved women’s unpaid labor did not produce feminist consciousness but resentment at denied womanhood #corroborates (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 161