How Did European Colonial Powers Use Sexuality in Their Strategy

question 17

Multiple Choice

How did European colonial powers use sexuality in their strategy to control colonized populations?

• A) Colonial soldiers were encouraged to marry women in the colonized populations in order to legitimize European domination.
• B) Colonial powers spread rumors about the physical illnesses of "mixed race" babies in order to discourage sexual relations between Europeans and colonized populations.
• C) Europeans portrayed men in the colonized populations as dangerous sexual threats to European women in order to discourage racial mixing.
• D) The high prevalence of sexual violence made the enforcement of curfews and other restrictions easy to accomplish.

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