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How Did European Colonial Powers Use Sexuality in Their Strategy

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


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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