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AIN’T I A WOMAN

bell hooks

Black Women and Feminism

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WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

Ain’t I a Woman (1981) is a work of feminist scholarship that explores the
complexities of living in the United States as a Black woman. Hooks examines the
convergence of racism and sexism in major political and social movements
throughout American history.


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WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

Ain’t I a Woman (1981) is a work of feminist scholarship that explores the
complexities of living in the United States as a Black woman. Hooks examines the
convergence of racism and sexism in major political and social movements
throughout American history.


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SEXISM INTENSIFIED THE SUFFERING OF BLACK WOMEN DURING SLAVERY.

We all know that no two people are the same. We are complicated,
multidimensional human beings with our own unique personalities. Sadly, this
doesn’t mean gender stereotypes don’t still exist; in fact, the stereotypes
projected on women have continued throughout history.

In the nineteenth century, white American men – who used to see all women as
sexual temptresses – came to see them as pure, innocent, and virginal creatures.
But this stereotype didn’t apply to black women, who they still assumed to be
promiscuous. This attitude can be dated to the arrival of white colonizers from
Europe. While establishing social and political order in America, they laid the
foundations for racism and sexism.

The colonizers labeled enslaved Africans as “sexual heathens.” Black women were
viewed as sexually immoral temptresses, while white women were perceived as
pure. To white men, this baseless prejudice justified the rape of Black women.

While Black men were subject to racism and exploitation, the added sexual
exploitation of Black women made their experiences far more demoralizing and
dehumanizing. In addition to being forced to work in the fields alongside the
men, women were used as domestic house slaves, a means of breeding new slaves,
and objects of sexual assault.

This threat of sexual assault was used to terrorize Black enslaved women, as
slave Linda Brent recalls. In her autobiography, she describes how her white
master tormented and verbally abused her with threats of rape throughout her
teenage years. He told Linda that she was his property and must bend to his will
“in all things.” Women who resisted these sexual advances from masters and
overseers were punished, as a slave woman named Ann discovered.

Ann recalls the man who was paid to whip her and how he offered her a calico
dress and earrings in return for her sexual submission. Instead, she hurled a
bottle at him. Ann was sentenced to prison and daily floggings as a result. It
was lucky the man didn’t die from her attack, or she would have been tried and
likely sentenced to death. Sadly, this harsh treatment of Black women and the
stereotypes about their sexuality weren’t abolished along with slavery, as
you’ll learn in the next blink.

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SEXISM INTENSIFIED THE SUFFERING OF BLACK WOMEN DURING SLAVERY.

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POST-ABOLITION, BLACK WOMEN CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AND ARE SYSTEMATICALLY DEVALUED
IN SOCIETY.

3


THE PATRIARCHAL SOCIAL ORDER PERPETUATES VIOLENCE AND HATRED BETWEEN BLACK MEN
AND WOMEN.

4


THE AMERICAN FEMINIST MOVEMENT CANNOT FIGHT AGAINST THE PATRIARCHY UNLESS IT
SHEDS ITS RACISM.

5


BLACK WOMEN HAD TO COMPROMISE THEIR ROLE IN THE WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT DUE TO
RACISM IN SOCIETY.

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BLACK WOMEN HAVE ALSO HAD TO COMPROMISE THEIR ROLE IN BLACK RIGHTS.

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THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT NEEDS TO OVERTURN THE DOMINATION OF ONE SEX, RACE, AND
CLASS IN WESTERN CULTURE.

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