Most men in patriarchal society resent women who abandon passive roles

Evidence

Those men who accepted the myth that black women were matriarchs did regard black females as a threat to their personal power. Such thinking is not at all peculiar to black men. Most men in a patriarchal society fear and resent women who do not assume traditional passive roles. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 231

Categorization

• XREF: Generalizes the Black male response into a broader patriarchal pattern, linking to mainstream feminist analyses of male backlash. — connects to: Women who are punished are seen as more aberrant and threatening than men — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 174; Male bonding is how patriarchy confers and preserves male power. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 282; The matriarchy myth built white-male and Black-male solidarity on shared sexism — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 231 (+3 more)

Related

• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men (similarity 0.85)
• Pimp-prostitute relations mirror patriarchal expectations of wives and daughters. (similarity 0.85)
• Black women’s anger at unemployed black men reflected their own embrace of patriarchy (similarity 0.84)
• Slavery stripped black men of patriarchy but not of masculinity. (similarity 0.84)
• White men created the race-sex hierarchy that black men accept and support. (similarity 0.84)
• Black men’s alienation stemmed from Black women having any power at all (similarity 0.83)
• Black nationalist patriarchy would not improve black male-female relations (similarity 0.83)
• Black male leaders demanded subordination from their wives in private life. (similarity 0.83)
• Capitalist patriarchy channels men’s dehumanized work rage into violence against women. (similarity 0.82)
• The matriarchy myth built white-male and Black-male solidarity on shared sexism (similarity 0.82)
• Male freedom is incompatible with advocating the subjugation of women (similarity 0.82)
• The matriarchy myth discredited black women and black men simultaneously (similarity 0.82)
• Black male leaders granted women rights while keeping men superior authorities. (similarity 0.82)
• Slavery-era myths branded black women masculinized to defend patriarchal ideology. (similarity 0.82)
• Male bonding is how patriarchy confers and preserves male power. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Male bonding is how patriarchy confers and preserves male power. #expands (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 282
• Women who are punished are seen as more aberrant and threatening than men #complicates (0.40) — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 174
• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men #complicates (0.40) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 269
• The matriarchy myth built white-male and Black-male solidarity on shared sexism #expands (0.30) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 231