In European dreams rape of an Algerian woman is preceded by tearing the veil.

Evidence

Thus the rape of the Algerian woman in the dream of a European is always preceded by a rending of the veil. We here witness a double deflowering. Likewise, the woman’s conduct is never one of consent or acceptance, but of abject humility. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 159 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

But there is also in the European the crystallization of an aggressiveness, the strain of a kind of violence before the Algerian woman. Unveiling this woman is revealing her beauty; it is baring her secret, breaking her resistance, making her available for adventure. Hiding the face is also disguising a secret; it is also creating a world of mystery, of the hidden. In a confused way, the European experiences his relation with the Algerian woman at a highly complex level. There is in it the will to bring this woman within his reach, to make her a possible object of possession. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 152 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial conquest history planted rape fantasies in European dreams about Algerian women; Colonial confinement degraded Algerian women’s bodily mobility and assurance; In European dreams, raping the Algerian woman requires first rending her veil — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 159 (+2 more)

Related

• In European dreams, raping the Algerian woman requires first rending her veil (similarity 0.96)
• The European’s impulse to unveil Algerian women is an act of possession (similarity 0.93)
• Colonial conquest history planted rape fantasies in European dreams about Algerian women (similarity 0.92)
• Colonial confinement degraded Algerian women’s bodily mobility and assurance (similarity 0.85)
• Unveiled Algerian women unsettled European women by excelling at Western femininity (similarity 0.83)
• European observers read the veil as concealing beauty that should be forcibly exhibited (similarity 0.81)
• Colonial prejudices sexualized and dehumanized the Algerian Muslim (similarity 0.80)
• European women felt economically and socially threatened by assimilated Algerian women (similarity 0.79)
• French unveiling campaigns aimed to demoralize Algerian men, not liberate women (similarity 0.79)
• Removing the veil disrupts the Algerian woman’s body image and spatial sense. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• In European dreams, raping the Algerian woman requires first rending her veil #corroborates (0.95) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 159
• The European’s impulse to unveil Algerian women is an act of possession #expands (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 152
• Colonial prejudices sexualized and dehumanized the Algerian Muslim #complicates (0.40)