Freedom for men requires ending the subjugation of women

Evidence

Because women’s liberation has been equated with gaining privileges within the white male power structure, white men— and not women, either white or black—have dictated the terms by which women are allowed entrance into the system. One of the terms male patriarchs have set is that one group of women is granted privileges that they obtain by actively supporting the oppression and exploitation of other groups of women. White and black women have been socialized to accept and honor these terms, hence the fierce competition between the two groups; a competition that has always been centered in the arena of sexual politics, with white and black women competing against one another for male favor. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 454 (#expands, via linked claim)

Given the psychohistory of American racism, for white women to demand more rights from white men and stress that without such rights they would be placed in a social position like that of black men, not like that of black people, was to evoke in the minds of racist white men an image of white womanhood being degraded. It was a subtle appeal to white men to protect the white female’s position on the race/sex hierarchy. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 422 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Feminism must combat domination across sex, race, and class, not just male chauvinism — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 562; Male freedom is incompatible with advocating the subjugation of women; Authentic freedom requires both races to disalienate from inherited inhuman voices (+6 more)

Related

• Male freedom is incompatible with advocating the subjugation of women (similarity 0.90)
• White men set the terms of women’s liberation and exploit inter-group competition (similarity 0.90)
• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men (similarity 0.86)
• White men created the race-sex hierarchy that black men accept and support. (similarity 0.85)
• Black men asserted dominance over women to compensate for losing to white men (similarity 0.85)
• Liberation modeled on white male power inherently divides women from each other. (similarity 0.85)
• Feminism must combat domination across sex, race, and class, not just male chauvinism (similarity 0.84)
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men (similarity 0.84)
• Black male liberation leaders defined freedom as patriarchal domination over black women (similarity 0.84)
• Black male leaders granted women rights while keeping men superior authorities. (similarity 0.84)
• Women’s liberation depends on liberating all oppressed strata simultaneously (similarity 0.83)
• Black male leaders demanded subordination from their wives in private life. (similarity 0.83)
• Black women needed a separate feminist intellectual tradition (similarity 0.83)
• The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy. (similarity 0.83)
• White women hold privileges exceeding all US groups except white men. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• White men set the terms of women’s liberation and exploit inter-group competition #expands (0.80) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 454
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men #expands (0.75) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 422