Enslaved black women withheld the respect they granted white men from white mistresses

Evidence

When the enslaved black woman expressed contempt and disregard for white female authority, the white mistress often resorted to brutal punishment to assert her authority. But even brutal punishment could not change the fact that black women were not inclined to regard the white female with the awe and respect they showed to the white male. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 450

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Enslaved black women shared racial status with men but faced sexist subordination — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 150; Black women under slavery were doubly enslaved by race and sex — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 26; Enslaved women absorbed anti-woman violence that white women otherwise faced — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 119 (+7 more)

Related

• Enslaved women absorbed anti-woman violence that white women otherwise faced (similarity 0.93)
• White male sexual power over slaves redirected white women’s anger onto black women (similarity 0.90)
• White mistresses often punished rather than protected sexually exploited slave women (similarity 0.89)
• White women, not white men, were slavery’s most direct beneficiaries (similarity 0.89)
• Slave sexual violence was punishment, with the master’s deviance transferred to the woman (similarity 0.89)
• Sexism made the black female slave’s lot harsher than the male’s (similarity 0.88)
• White mistresses usually sided with their husbands against enslaved women (similarity 0.88)
• Black men asserted dominance over women to compensate for losing to white men (similarity 0.88)
• Enslaved black women shared racial status with men but faced sexist subordination (similarity 0.87)
• Enslaved Black men prioritized self-preservation over protecting Black women (similarity 0.87)
• Sexual exploitation dehumanized black women more than labor exploitation did (similarity 0.87)
• Enslaved women’s unpaid labor did not produce feminist consciousness but resentment at denied womanhood (similarity 0.86)
• Black women bore the brunt of slave-ship terror because they could not retaliate (similarity 0.85)
• Nineteenth-century sexual morality taught mistresses to blame enslaved women for rape (similarity 0.85)
• Enslaved women were no more sexually liberated than white women. (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Enslaved black women shared racial status with men but faced sexist subordination #corroborates (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 150
• White mistresses often punished rather than protected sexually exploited slave women #corroborates (0.70)
• Enslaved women absorbed anti-woman violence that white women otherwise faced #corroborates (0.65) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 119
• Black slave women were both accomplices in and victims of patriarchy #corroborates (0.65)
• Black women under slavery were doubly enslaved by race and sex #corroborates (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 26
• Sexism made the black female slave’s lot harsher than the male’s #complicates (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 142
• White male sexual power over slaves redirected white women’s anger onto black women #expands (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 451
• Enslaved women’s unpaid labor did not produce feminist consciousness but resentment at denied womanhood #complicates (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 161
• White mistresses usually sided with their husbands against enslaved women #contradicts (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 112