Coloniality of gender

[5] Rosalba Icaza adds that "Lugones helps us to understand the historical moment in which this specific system (sex/gender) became a form of subjugation [for colonized peoples].

[9] Chiara Bottici argues that recognizing these histories allows for reflection on the universality modern, colonial systems, including gender roles.

[10] Further, Tlostanova argues that European gender impositions normalized the hyper-sexualization of non-white women and the sexual violence directed toward them.

[4] Egla Salazar argues that the residual effects of this history may still be felt in communities today with men conforming to European ideas of what it means to be a man.

[4] DiPietro et al. suggest that men of colonized societies were often feminized, particularly in Oriental contexts, due to their lack of power.