White men set the terms of women’s liberation and exploit inter-group competition

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

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: White feminist organizing surged in reaction to black men gaining rights. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 366; The women’s movement equated liberation with capitalist economic success — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 428; White women appropriated feminism to gain entry into American capitalism. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 442 (+9 more)

Related

• Freedom for men requires ending the subjugation of women (similarity 0.90)
• Liberation modeled on white male power inherently divides women from each other. (similarity 0.89)
• Both white and black patriarchies framed feminism as opposition to black liberation. (similarity 0.88)
• White feminist organizing surged in reaction to black men gaining rights. (similarity 0.87)
• Black male liberation leaders defined freedom as patriarchal domination over black women (similarity 0.86)
• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men (similarity 0.86)
• The women’s movement equated liberation with capitalist economic success (similarity 0.86)
• White men created the race-sex hierarchy that black men accept and support. (similarity 0.85)
• Black male leaders treated gender equality as secondary to racial struggle (similarity 0.85)
• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women (similarity 0.85)
• Male freedom is incompatible with advocating the subjugation of women (similarity 0.85)
• White men sympathized with black power because shared sexism overrode racism (similarity 0.85)
• Black male leaders granted women rights while keeping men superior authorities. (similarity 0.85)
• 60s black liberation codified sexist role separation within the movement (similarity 0.84)
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Liberation modeled on white male power inherently divides women from each other. #expands (0.85) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 456
• Shared sexism bonded militant black men and white men across racial divides #corroborates (0.80) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 277
• White men sympathized with black power because shared sexism overrode racism #corroborates (0.75) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 276
• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men #expands (0.75) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 269
• Black men asserted dominance over women to compensate for losing to white men #complicates (0.70)
• Douglass and black male activists allied with white patriarchs through shared sexism. #corroborates (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 254
• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 119