The matriarchy myth discredited black women and black men simultaneously

Evidence

At the onset of the emergence of the matriarchy myth it was used to discredit black women and men. Black women were told that they had overstepped the bonds of femininity because they worked outside the home to provide economic suppoort for their families and that by so doing they had de-masculinized black men. Black men were told that they were weak, effeminate, and castrated because “their” women were laboring at menial jobs. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 223

Categorization

• XREF: Ties forward to hooks’s later chapters on how racism and sexism jointly damage Black masculinity and femininity, and to contemporary discourse on Black male ‘emasculation.’ — connects to: The Moynihan matriarchy myth prescribed female subordination as the cure for racial oppression — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 526; Slavery-era myths branded black women masculinized to defend patriarchal ideology. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 210; The matriarchy myth suppresses black women’s collective political organizing — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 234 (+9 more)

Related

• The Moynihan matriarchy myth prescribed female subordination as the cure for racial oppression (similarity 0.92)
• The matriarchy label steers black women away from feminism they need (similarity 0.91)
• Slavery-era myths branded black women masculinized to defend patriarchal ideology. (similarity 0.91)
• The matriarchy myth suppresses black women’s collective political organizing (similarity 0.91)
• The matriarchy label falsely persuades black women they hold power they lack (similarity 0.91)
• Matriarch implies controlling power that black women simply lack (similarity 0.90)
• Black men adopted Moynihan’s emasculation and matriarchy myths to justify misogyny. (similarity 0.90)
• Sexist ideology, not evidence, grounded Moynihan’s matriarchy thesis (similarity 0.89)
• Calling black women matriarchs ignores the traumas of their coerced childbearing (similarity 0.88)
• Black women embraced a harmful matriarch label because it promised privilege (similarity 0.88)
• The matriarchy myth built white-male and Black-male solidarity on shared sexism (similarity 0.87)
• Black men’s alienation stemmed from Black women having any power at all (similarity 0.85)
• White men created the race-sex hierarchy that black men accept and support. (similarity 0.84)
• The emasculation thesis rests on a sexist hierarchy of male experience. (similarity 0.84)
• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• The matriarchy myth built white-male and Black-male solidarity on shared sexism #expands (0.80) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 231
• The matriarchy label falsely persuades black women they hold power they lack #expands (0.75) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 233
• Black men adopted Moynihan’s emasculation and matriarchy myths to justify misogyny. #expands (0.75) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 295
• The matriarchy myth suppresses black women’s collective political organizing #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 234
• Matriarch implies controlling power that black women simply lack #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 214
• The matriarchy label steers black women away from feminism they need #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 234
• Black women embraced a harmful matriarch label because it promised privilege #expands (0.65) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 233
• Black men’s alienation stemmed from Black women having any power at all #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 230
• Calling black women matriarchs ignores the traumas of their coerced childbearing #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 213