gender discrimination

Question 1

gender colonialism

Answer 1

recognizing that patriarchy and colonialism affect men and women differently

Question 2

gender pre-contact for many Indigenous peoples

Answer 2

1. women occupied central positions
2. gender-fluid system
3. non-hierarchal gender differentiated roles
4. two-spirit2
5. different levels of accepted sexuality than Europeans
6. gender-based violence non-existent

Question 3

how did settler colonialism affect gender norms?

Answer 3

• imposed nuclear family with man as head of household
• produced stereotypes that objectified womenand that subjected them to violence
• violence against land same as violence against women